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LOT 2181
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (1 kg, 39.5 x 34.3 cm).
Showing what appears to be the judgement of a captive man by a nobleman in a lavish court setting, broad border decorated with various plants; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2181
Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Gandharan Dish with Female Anguiped
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £468
Carved steatite with mural border, central anguiped with collar, armrings, bracelets and hair decorations; rimm stepped to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 112 grams total, 80 mm (205 grams total, 12 cm high including stand)
Ex London gallery stock. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, late 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Showing what appears to be the judgement of a captive man by a nobleman in a lavish court setting, broad border decorated with various plants; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1 kg, 39.5 x 34.3 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Globular-bodied with broad shoulder and neck and everted rim, the upper body decorated in relief with rosettes, phytomorphic and ropework bands, frieze presenting a dynamic procession of bare-breasted women wearing extravagant earrings, neck ornament, arm and leg bangles and translucent lungis revealing their genitalia, a number of them holding staffs or weapons and wearing headdresses or holding vessels on their heads, flower-heads in the field; chipped. 400 grams, 16 cm high
Private collection, 1989. Acquired on the UK art market.
Possibly dating to the Shunga period, Bengal.
