Indian Framed Watercolour Painting

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. 683 grams, 34.6 x 25.2 cm



Private collection, UK.

A rectangular bracelet plaque with seven loops, half-round crouching Hanuman(?) with a par of wings and long tail curved above head, clasped hands. 329 grams, 91 cm



From an important collection of Hindu art formed by Jeffrey Romer, 1990s. Ex central London, UK, gallery.

Modelled in the round with heavily-lidded eyes, aquiline nose, thin-lipped mouth; band of conch shells to the brow hanging from a brow-band with segmented bulb above supporting a radiating plaque and sphere, flanked by two rosette collars each supporting a skull; mounted on a custom-made stand. 5.76 kg total, 42.5 cm high including stand



American collection, probably from the 1990s. Private collection, London. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13252-253040.

Many terracotta fingers, toes and hair curls from such statues have been found at sites in Kashmir, like Harwana. Such terracotta objects depict the influences of Gandharan art in the Kashmir valley. The terracotta objects found at the sites depict the strong influences of the Gandhara school of art in the Kashmir valley. The bodily limbs of Lord Buddha and bodhisattva in terracotta and their art, besides the isolated plague represent the replica of the miniature stupa.