Page 197 - Dreweatts November 10 2021 Chinese Works of Art

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A carved and painted wood aureole from a Hindu
shrine, Tamil Nadu, South India, 19th century, of
double arched form, supported by a pair of makaras, a
kirtimukha mask at the top, 140 x 118 x 7.5cm

£300-500

488
A Kashan fritware lustre and cobalt-blue moulded
architectural tile fragment, Persia, circa 13th century,
moulded in relief, the lustre ground with floral designs
left in reserve around a raised cobalt-blue inscription,
17cm high x 20cm wide x 7.5cm highest point

Provenance:
From the Mohamed Makiya Collection

£500-700

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A Rajput warrior being offered water by courtly ladies at a well, probably Bundi,
Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th or 19th century, gouache on paper, 27cm
high x 18cm wide, farmed

Provenance:
Formerly in a private American Collection 489
A panel of Iznik border tiles, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1570-80, painted in
£600-700 bole-red, turquoise and green with a rosettes and saz leaves against the
blue ground, 7.3cm high x 59.8cm overall to inside of frame
485 Provenance:
Vasudeva carries away the baby Krishnam, probably Deccan, late 18th or 19th From the Mohamed Makiya Collection.
century, gouache on paper, 21cm x 15cm, double framed with reverse side showing
a certificate letter signed by J.C Moreau-Gobard £500-800

Provenance: 488
Formerly in a French Collection in 1971.

£700-900

486
The Queen of Sheeba enthroned, probably Deccan, from the tale of religious
conversion, Bilqis worshipped the sun until receiving a letter from Solomon,
inviting her to submit to the worship of one God alone, gouache on paper, 19th
century, 36cm x 19.5cm, framed

£1,200-1,500
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