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LOT 2176
Framed Watercolour Painting
PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (621 grams, 34 x 22.5 cm).
Showing a nobleman seated in a landscape, possibly reading to his sons, or communicating with two attendants standing nearby; panel of text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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LOT 2176
Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £80 - 10€93 - 12 (for guidance only)$108 - 14 (for guidance only)
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Indo-Persian Watercolour Painting with Lady
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A watercolour painting on card depicting a dancing woman standing in front of a tree, wearing a floor length robe and holding her long head-covering away from her body with both hands. 16 grams, 20.7 x 13.2 cm
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. Previously with the Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. Property of a Essex gentleman. -
Mughal Stone Openwork Arch with Birds
15th-16th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £533
Carved in limestone with a D-shaped frame enclosing openwork panel with fronds of leaves and flowers and a pair of addorsed doves and a median rosette; mounted on a custom-made stand; from north India region. 20 kg total, 74.5 cm wide including stand
with a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.202355.
The motif of two birds flanking a plant on which they stand is well-known from Late Antique and Byzantine art, although the central stem is usually a cross or christogram in such cases e.g. on the left side of the sarcophagus of St. Savino, Fusignano, Italy. Islamic art generally does not favour the inclusion of naturalistic representations of living beings. -
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.
