05-16-201505-16-2015
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  • Cotton Painting, Kalamkari

    Cotton Painting, Kalamkari

    Lot: 31
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    Cotton Painting, Kalamkari, India, 19th/20th century, depicting a row of seven female dancers facing Krishna dancing on a lotus stand behind a lotus pond, against a line of various trees, including more ...

  • Large Framed Painting

    Large Framed Painting

    Lot: 32
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    Large Framed Painting, India, 20th century, depicting a Hindu deity surrounded by female dancers, with floral border, ink and color on cotton cloth, 47 1/2 x 75 in. more ...

  • Miniature Painting of a Court Scene

    Miniature Painting of a Court Scene

    Lot: 33
    Sold for: $431$350

    Miniature Painting of a Court Scene, India, 19th/20th century, Rajasthan School, opaque color and gold on paper, depicting Krishna and Radha seated under a pavilion, with female attendants and more ...

  • Miniature Album Leaf Painting

    Miniature Album Leaf Painting

    Lot: 34
    Sold for: $431$350

    Miniature Album Leaf Painting, India, 18th/19th century, opaque color and gold on paper, possibly depicting the story of Faridun in the guise of a dragon testing his sons, bordered by gilt and more ...

  • Miniature Mythological Painting

    Miniature Mythological Painting

    Lot: 35
    Sold for: $8,610$7,000

    Miniature Mythological Painting, India, 18th/19th century, Jaipur, ink and watercolor on paper, depicting a composite sphinxlike creature with the head of a woman, a double-headed dragon tail and more ...

  • Miniature Painting of a Man on a Horse

    Miniature Painting of a Man on a Horse

    Lot: 36
    Sold for: $677$550

    Miniature Painting of a Man on a Horse, India, 19th/20th century, holding a sword in one hand and the reins of his horse in the other, his horse with braided and tasseled ornamentation, sight size 9 more ...

  • Miniature Portrait

    Miniature Portrait

    Lot: 37
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    Miniature Portrait, India, possibly Mughal, pencil, color, and gold on paper, depicting Jesus seated in a landscape, handing a scroll to one of eleven winged angels gathered around him, two in the more ...

  • Three Miniature Paintings

    Three Miniature Paintings

    Lot: 38
    Sold for: $3,444$2,800

    Three Miniature Paintings, India and Persia, color and gold on paper, an Indian miniature, 18th/19th century, possibly Garhwal School, depicting a mythical scene with a boar-headed deity stepping on more ...

  • Folio Calligraphy Manuscript

    Folio Calligraphy Manuscript

    Lot: 39
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    Folio Calligraphy Manuscript, North Africa, 9th/10th century, ink on vellum, written in Maghribi script, a legal document possibly describing Sharia law, 11 x 8 in. more ...

  • Narrative Pichwai Painting Depicting Krishna and Radha

    Narrative Pichwai Painting Depicting Krishna and Radha

    Lot: 40
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    Narrative Pichwai Painting Depicting Krishna and Radha, India, 18th/19th century, Rajput School, opaque color and gold on cloth, with a central rectangular panel depicting Krishna and Radha, more ...

  • Two Mughal Miniature Paintings

    Two Mughal Miniature Paintings

    Lot: 41
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    Two Mughal Miniature Paintings, India, 19th/20th century, one depicting an eventful scene with a princely man seated under an awning in a garden, the other with a seated man on horseback in the more ...

  • Two Erotic Composite Animal Miniature Paintings

    Two Erotic Composite Animal Miniature Paintings

    Lot: 42
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    Two Erotic Composite Animal Miniature Paintings, India, 19th century, opaque color on paper, one depicting a camel, the other an antelope, each composed of multiple erotic figures, bordered by more ...

  • Miniature Painting of a Mughal Court

    Miniature Painting of a Mughal Court

    Lot: 43
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    Miniature Painting of a Mughal Court, India, 18th/19th century, opaque color and gold on bone, depicting a court meeting or conference, with the Mughal Emperor, possibly Shah Jahan, at the center more ...

  • Wooden Mask of a Man

    Wooden Mask of a Man

    Lot: 44
    Sold for: $369$300

    Wooden Mask of a Man, India, Arunachal Pradesh, 19th century, white-painted face with red lips and black hair, eyebrows, and moustache, lg. 10 1/2 in. 600 more ...

  • Three Lacquered Malabar Boxes

    Three Lacquered Malabar Boxes

    Lot: 45
    Sold for: $369$300

    Three Lacquered Malabar Boxes, India, 19th century or later, all rectangular, the covers with slanted sides to form two triangular and two trapezoidal sides, two decorated with geometric patterns more ...

  • Pair of Carved Wood Doorframe Brackets

    Pair of Carved Wood Doorframe Brackets

    Lot: 46
    Sold for: $1,968$1,600

    Pair of Carved Wood Doorframe Brackets, India, 19th century, with carvings on both sides of the brackets and along the edges in high relief, depicting a prince riding a horse at the top, holding his more ...

  • Two Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Two Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Lot: 47
    Sold for: $800$650

    Two Wooden Lintel Friezes, India, one depicting Krishna playing the flute under a canopy, flanked by six attendant deities, accompanied by an elephant to the right and two facing birds to the left; more ...

  • Two Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Two Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Lot: 48
    Sold for: $800$650

    Two Wooden Lintel Friezes, India, one depicting a seated Mithuna couple under a canopy, flanked by three attendant deities on each side and two facing Narashima, the Hindu man-lion deities; the more ...

  • Three Long Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Three Long Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Lot: 49
    Sold for: $800$650

    Three Long Wooden Lintel Friezes, India, one carved in high relief to depict Krishna seated under a canopy at the center, flanked by male and female attendants and devotees and animal-headed more ...

  • Two Brass Standing Oil Lamps

    Two Brass Standing Oil Lamps

    Lot: 50
    Sold for: $1,046$850

    Two Brass Standing Oil Lamps, India, 20th century, multi-tiered, with dish-shape bottom resting on a short splayed stem foot, topped with a multi-tier baluster surmounted with a square stemmed dish more ...

  • Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp, Diya

    Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp, Diya

    Lot: 51
    Sold for: $1,046$850

    Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp, Diya, India, 19th/20th century, round shallow dish-shape resting on a low multi-tier round podium, with a peacock standing on a round stand in the center of the dish, arched more ...

  • Bronze Toy Elephant on Wheels

    Bronze Toy Elephant on Wheels

    Lot: 52
    Sold for: $861$700

    Bronze Toy Elephant on Wheels, India, a male rider seated cross-legged in a cart on its back, the elephant caparisoned on the head and legs, ornamented with bead designs as on the cart and saddle, more ...

  • Pair of Carved Wood Doorframe Brackets

    Pair of Carved Wood Doorframe Brackets

    Lot: 53
    Sold for: $492$400

    Pair of Carved Wood Doorframe Brackets, India, with carvings on both sides of the brackets and along the edges in high relief depicting a horse and rider at the top, with horses and riders and more ...

  • Wooden Lintel Frieze

    Wooden Lintel Frieze

    Lot: 54
    Sold for: $492$400

    Wooden Lintel Frieze, India, carved in high relief with a central band of figures in a pavilion with Lakshmi at the very center, flanked by male and female attendants playing musical instruments and more ...

  • Pair of Cast Bronze Deer with Antlers

    Pair of Cast Bronze Deer with Antlers

    Lot: 55
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    Pair of Cast Bronze Deer with Antlers, India, 19th/20th century, seated with one foreleg outstretched and the other folded, looking straight ahead, each caparisoned with an ornate saddle and more ...

  • Bronze Mythical Animal

    Bronze Mythical Animal

    Lot: 56
    Sold for: $923$750

    Bronze Mythical Animal, China, possibly Tang dynasty, half-seated with its forelegs half-raised and head turned to the side, tail coiled, decorated with incised details, the forehead marked incised more ...

  • Brass Hand Mirror

    Brass Hand Mirror

    Lot: 57
    Sold for: $1,169$950

    Brass Hand Mirror, India, oval meteoric iron mirror set in a yellow brass pointed oval frame, engraved with a band of lotus leaf design around the mirror, the S-shape handle with two bird-inspired more ...

  • Polychrome Wooden Lintel Frieze

    Polychrome Wooden Lintel Frieze

    Lot: 58
    Sold for: $861$700

    Polychrome Wooden Lintel Frieze, India, the rectangular panel carved in relief with six birds, all facing inwards towards an ornate offering box, surrounded by scrolling tendrils and bordered by two more ...

  • Two Carved Wooden Doorframe Brackets

    Two Carved Wooden Doorframe Brackets

    Lot: 59
    Sold for: $1,169$950

    Two Carved Wooden Doorframe Brackets, India, with carvings on both sides of the brackets and along the edges in high relief depicting a horse and rider at the top, with horses and riders and more ...

  • Two Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Two Wooden Lintel Friezes

    Lot: 60
    Sold for: $492$400

    Two Wooden Lintel Friezes, India, one with three floral circles separated by two facing mythical birds, carved in deep relief on a raised panel decorated with multi-tiered borders carved in low more ...