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LOT 1779
Watercolour Painting Group
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (5 grams total, 15 x 10 cm).
Four bifacial manuscript pages, each with multiple lines of text to recto and a painting between panels of text to the verso, including animal and figural scenes in architectural and landscape settings. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
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Tudor Bronze Hook Fastener Group
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Group of hooked garment fasteners, mostly with openwork looped body. 31.4 grams total, 27-39 mm
Found near York, UK. -
Mixed Pendant Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mixed group of silver-coloured metal pendants including star-and-crescent, dancing Kali, Ganesha and other types. 25 grams total, 20-31 mm
Property of a South West London gentleman. -
Ethiopian 'Miracle of Mary' Manuscript Leaf
Circa 1500 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
Vellum leaf with pricked guidelines for placement of two columns of black-ink text in Ge'ez script with red detailing; recto with nineteen lines of text; verso with text and polychrome painted scene of figures beside a house and distribution of drink. 13 grams, 26.5 x 23.5 cm
Acquired on the New York art market, circa 2000. Ex central London gallery.
With the royal patronage for her cult given by the Gondar’s Kings, Virgin Mary's role as a maker of miracles became predominant and apocalyptic metaphors and narrative gained importance in pictorial representations, such as those in the manuscripts. Her eschatological role continued to evolve until the eighteenth century, when she was portrayed in an icon as a celestial empress.
