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LOT 2271
Shahnama Miniature Painting
19TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/8 in. (1 kg, 43.5 cm).
Framed and glazed watercolour depicting a prince seated against a cushion, a female attendant and musician before him; within blue and yellow borders.
ProvenanceProperty of a London gallery.
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Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Framed and glazed and displaying polychrome figural scenes bordered by flowering plants and panels of script: one depicting a tea? ceremony set in a landscape featuring blossoming trees and birds; a prince or other figure seated on a bolster, in a landscape featuring a brook and blossoming trees, surrounded by attendants. 932 grams total, 31 x 21.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Cup
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Squat in profile with rounded underside, carinated shoulder, flared rim, black painted rim and radiating strokes. 585 grams, 13 cm wide
Ex David Gold collection, UK, 1990s. -
Mughal Stone Openwork Arch with Birds
14th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £833
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. 20 kg total, 74.5 cm wide including stand
with 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.
