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LOT 2178
Mughal Stone Openwork Arch with Birds
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
29 3/8 in. (20 kg total, 74.5 cm wide including stand).
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.
Provenancewith 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.
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LOT 2178
Mughal Stone Openwork Arch with Birds
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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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. -
Indus Valley Ceramic Fertility Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Modelled as a free-standing, stylised female figure with a pinched face, dressed hair, bulbous breasts and hands pressed palms-down against her torso and waist. 326 grams, 13 cm high
Private collection, 1989. Acquired on the UK art market. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
Persia, 20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 10 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
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Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
