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LOT 2027
Framed Watercolour Painting
INDIA, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 x 7 5.8 in. (370 grams, 25.5 x 19.5 cm).
Showing two figures standing in a courtyard, the woman with her head covered, pointing towards the hills beyond, gold-coloured embellishments to their clothes, border around the whole, Indian workmanship; set 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 2027
Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Framed Watercolour Painting
India, late 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Identified as 'The Maharajah painted by Mahanlal Soni, winner of the President of India's Prize for Miniature Painting 9 June 1992'; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1 kg, 38.7 x 33 cm
Very fine condition, loss to frame.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Bronze Arabic Seal Matrix Collection
Circa 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Three matrices featuring discoid dies and openwork stems; one with an oval die and columnar stem with tapering finial; each engraved with calligraphic Arabic script or initials to the base. 24.8 grams total, 21-23 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Leather Bound Religious Manuscript Book
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Leather-bound book of a religious treatise with Naskh text in red on the first page beneath a banner with cross images and Greek text below; many pages with large Greek letters in black and Naskh script sub-headings in red ink; red Arabic numerals to the corner of some pages; marginal notations and other markings; probably from North Africa. 555 grams. 19 x 14 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.