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LOT 1842
Zoomorphic Finial Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/8 - 4 3/4 in. (123 grams total, 11.2-12 cm).
Group of two silver-coloured metal drinking-horn finials comprising: tubular body developing to an elephant's head with recurved trunk; tubular body with scale detailing, parcel-gilt monstrous head with jaws open and fish between, stopper to the fish's tail with securing chain. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a South West London gentleman.
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Framed Watercolour Painting with Harem Scene
Persia, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With kneeling nobleman and three kneeling females within a courtyard; panels of nastaliq text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 1.2 kg, 42.7 x 38 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Ethiopian Manuscript Page for Miracle of the Virgin Mary
Circa 1680 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Vellum leaf with pricked guidelines for placement of two columns of red-ink and black-ink text in Ge'ez script with red detailing; recto with two columns of text above a polychrome painted miniature showing a nimbate Mary beside a recumbent bearded figure among buildings with a winged angel above; verso with twenty-two lines of text in two columns. 89 grams, 35.5 x 30 cm
Previously in the David Buxton collection (1910-2003), until the late 1990s.
The scene should represent the miracle of the Virgin Mary to Damianus the scribe: Damianus wrote the name of the Virgin Mary with gold and silver instead of with common black ink. The Virgin Mary appeared to Damianus on his death bed and promises to write his name upon a pillar of gold in the Kingdom of Heaven. -
Framed Watercolour Painting
India, 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Composed of males and female standing figures in an architectural setting, a boat at sea beneath a star-studded sky, panel of text above, flower buds in the border; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 625 grams, 32 x 23.4 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
