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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. -
Indus Valley Painted Ceramic Jar with Ibex
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With short neck, painted frieze displaying alternating ibex and geometric motifs, plain bands above and below and scalloping to the lower edge. 778 grams, 16.5 cm high
Acquired 1990s. English private collection. Property of an Essex gentleman.
