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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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Hindu Brass Ewer
India, 20th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Engraved with figural scenes, animals, floral and foliate motifs, raised roundels with floral motifs inlaid with garnets, floral and foliate openwork lid, thumbpad modelled as a peacock in the round, handle as a stylised sinuous beast with a head at the top and foot, u-section spout. 1.09 kg, 32.5 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s. Property of a Suffolk gentleman. -
Indus Valley Polychrome Ceramic Vessel Collection with Animals
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Each of the three vessels of carinated form and displaying repainted polychrome geometric and zoomorphic motifs within panels; including one cup with a D-shaped handle. 402 grams total, 65-94 mm
Acquired in England in the 2000s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
Indus Valley Fertility Idol Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
The trio formed as bell-shaped female figures with stylised facial features in relief, the hands of two clasped together in front of the stomach; hollow-formed; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.07 kg total, 27 - 32.5 cm high including stand
Private collection, 1989. Acquired on the UK art market.
