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LOT 2674
Indian Framed Watercolour Painting
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (683 grams, 34.6 x 25.2 cm).
Showing a courtly tea-ceremony scene, a female attendant kneeling before a couple seated on a carpet and offering a cup, the male holding a cup in his outstretched hand while having his other arm draped around the shoulder of his female companion; another kneeling female on the foreground holding a tray of fruit, flowers on the foreground and an inscription on the upper left-hand corner; set in glazed wooden frame.
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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LOT 2674
Indian Framed Watercolour Painting
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Moghul Indian Gold and Pearl Earrings
Circa 14th-15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Matched pair, each a crescentic hoop with an openwork filigree sphere and two pearls. 2.71 grams total, 18-19.1 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Indian Watercolour Painting with Krishna and Radha
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A paper manuscript page with a watercolour painting to one side showing a couple seated beneath a tree with hills and a lake in the background, possibly Krishna and Radha, framed by a yellow border and panel of text at the top and bottom; reverse bearing multiple lines of hand-painted text; card frame. 41 grams, 33.5 x 24 cm
Fine condition.
Ex property of a Greater Manchester collector. -
Northern Indian Gilt Mughal Quran Page
1780 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
In a gilt wooden glazed frame with card reveal; collector's label to reverse with details: 'This fine page is from a very fine Mughal Koran, with prayers. copied from Mull Fathullah's Tafsir Commentary. It was scribed in Northern India and dated AH 1195/AD 1780. The script is Naskhi, with interlinear Persian translation throughout in red nasta'liq. There are illuminated florets between verses, extensive commentaries in nasta'liq written diagonally in outer margins, illuminated devices in margins ... some slight staining from devotional use but generally the work is in good condition.' 511 grams, 28.7 x 23.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market.
