25th Nov, 2023 12:00
Islamic, Indian and Asian Art
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Indian Miniature Painting of a Nobleman Listening to an Ascetic
North India, 19th century.
Watercolour, opaque pigments and gold on paper.
depicting a elderly Depicting Nobleman wearing white robes and a turban with red sash across the waist, holding a staff in the left hand. To the front an ascetic holy man wearing a long green robe hanging over the left shoulder. Both figures kneeling on a rug with a scrolling plant motif. Border with gold flecks and a panel to top and bottom with Arabic texts.
21 x 14 cm.
Part of Javitri Shah Collection
Sold for €130
North India, 19th century.
Watercolour, opaque pigments and gold on paper.
depicting a elderly Depicting Nobleman wearing white robes and a turban with red sash across the waist, holding a staff in the left hand. To the front an ascetic holy man wearing a long green robe hanging over the left shoulder. Both figures kneeling on a rug with a scrolling plant motif. Border with gold flecks and a panel to top and bottom with Arabic texts.
21 x 14 cm.
Part of Javitri Shah Collection
Auction: Islamic, Indian and Asian Art, 25th Nov, 2023
Our upcoming sale of Islamic, Indian & Southeast Asian Art will present an array of objects created over the course of 20 centuries in the middle east, Asia, the Himalayas, and India. Included in the auction are sculptures in bronze and stone, such as an impressive 10th-century sandstone head of Shiva from Uttar Pradesh, India, gilt bronze Buddhas, Indian furniture, miniature paintings and jewellery.
