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LOT 2643
Sacred Brass Plaque with Shiva and Attendants
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 7/8 in. (563 grams, 17.5 cm).
Tongue-shaped plaque with half-round facing figure of Virabhadra Shiva, flanked with attendants. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of Hindu art formed by Jeffrey Romer, 1990s.
Ex central London, UK, gallery.
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LOT 2643
Sacred Brass Plaque with Shiva and Attendants
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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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. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Bichrome Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Broad and squat with rounded rim; inner face with concentric painted design (wreath, ladder, comb) and outer face with a single line above the base. 891 grams, 27.2 cm wide
Ex Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s. -
Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A watercolour painting depicting a female figure seated against a cushion in a courtyard, a shrine(?) before her, a female attendant approaching; polychrome borders and panel of text above; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 806 grams, 36 x 28.5 cm
Fair condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
