Sothebys: FINE ORIENTAL MINIATURES AND MANUSCRIPTS, VANASUR,

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 10, 1974 - December 10, 1974

Page Size: 472 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	AN EMPEROR SEATED ON A GILT THRONE UNDER A BLUE CANOPY is offered a dish by a maiden	Delhi		GBP -	60.00
2	A MAIDEN BENEATH A WILLOW TREE holding a tambur over her left shoulder	Deccani		GBP -	32.00
3	A PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER AT THE COURT OF SHAH JAHAN	Deccani		GBP -	52.00
4	KRISHNA IN AN OCTAGONAL FLOWER GARDEN surrounded by a silver moat	Central India		GBP -	60.00
5	Two PORTRAITS OF MAHARAJA SHER SINGH (1807-1843) and another Sikh ruler	Sikh	c. 1860]	GBP -	40.00
6	SIVA attended by four maidens on the bank of the Ganges with the river issuing from Siva's locks of hair			GBP -	22.00
7	TEN SCENES of lovers and maidens with companions on terraces	India		GBP -	26.00
8	A PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL COURTIER AGAINST A GREEN BACKGROUND he Stands facing right holding a book		c. 1620-30	GBP -	110.00
9	A PORTRAIT OF A MUSICIAN PLAYING A TAMBUR			GBP -	200.00
10	YUSUF HOLDING AUDIENCE			GBP -	38.00
11	A NOBLEMAN weilding a lance as he rides a black horse			GBP -	40.00
12	A BEARDED MULLAH INSTRUCTS A PRINCESS as both sit upon a carpet against bolsters whilst examining a text on a gilt book stand		c. 1615	GBP -	900.00
13	A BOOK IS PRESENTED BY A COURTIER TO A PRINCE who sits on a carpet placed on a dais beneath a roof raised on pillars			GBP -	85.00
14	A COURTIER with his hands outstretched		c. 1650	GBP -	75.00
15	A LADY LISTENS TO MUSIC within the chamber of a palace cupping her head in the crook of her arm as she lies against a yellow bolster		c. 1580-5	GBP -	280.00
16	ISKANDAR SEATED IN A TREE IN DISCUSSION WITH A SAGE			GBP -	650.00
17	A PAIR OF LIONS IN A LANDSCAPE WITH A POOL			GBP -	1,200.00
18	A PORTRAIT OF A GIRL wearing an orange dress with gold embroidered sur-coat and fur collar			GBP -	80.00
19	A EUROPEAN WOMAN in loose robes prays on an open hillside			GBP -	45.00
20	Two FEMALE YOGINIS seated upon skins within a rocky clearing play vinas at night			GBP -	80.00
21	SHAYKH SAN'AN TALKING WITH THE CHRISTIAN MAIDEN who stands on the right raising one hand			GBP -	200.00
22	PRINCE 'AZIM SHAH OUT HAWKING in a landscape		c. 1770	GBP -	130.00
23	A LADY on a stool wearing a diaphanous robe			GBP -	30.00
24	THE VIRGIN AND CHILD seated by a wooden table			GBP -	100.00
25	RUSTAM KNEELING ON A HILLSIDE is approached by a king who rides with three warriors from the opposite side of a stream			GBP -	120.00
26	Two LOVERS MAKING LOVE ON A TERRACE AT NIGHT			GBP -	95.00
27	RUSTAM LIFTED UP ON A BOULDER BY THE DEMON AKWAN who supports the rock above his head			GBP -	90.00
28	A MUGHAL PRINCE HUNTING LIONS sits in a howdah upon an elephant holding a musket			GBP -	80.00
29	SRI RAGA			GBP -	150.00
30	A maiden sitting in a landscape holding a spear			GBP -	25.00
31	A BHIL ENCAMPMENT within a forest			GBP -	25.00
32	Two OFFICERS WRESTLING in an inner chamber with lady prisoners chained outside		c. 1630	GBP -	30.00
33	A MAIDEN WAVING A CAURI AT HER LOVER		c. 1680	GBP -	350.00
34	A POPPY WITH FIVE BLOOMS of green and pink		c. 1760	GBP -	110.00
35	MATSYA AVATARA		c. 1630-40	GBP -	320.00
36	MALASARI RAGINI		c. 1640	GBP -	200.00
37	A LOVE-LORN MAIDEN being consoled by her companions in a palace garden	Delhi		GBP -	30.00
38	A COUPLE MAKING LOVE ON A TERRACE	Delhi		GBP -	75.00
39	A RURAL SCENE AT NIGHT			GBP -	140.00
40	A MAIDEN MAKING AN OFFERING TO AN ASCETIC who sits outside a hut in a forest at night	Delhi		GBP -	22.00
41	Two HORSE PORTRAITS	Delhi		GBP -	38.00
42	A LADY LIES against a red and gold bolster holding a garland of white flowers in one hand	Oudh	1770	GBP -	190.00
43	THREE YOUNG LADIES stand close together upon a terrace	Oudh		GBP -	55.00
44	RUPMATI AND BAZ BAHADUR OUT RIDING ON HORSEBACK along a riverbank at night	Oudh		GBP -	130.00
45	A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN seen head and shoulders facing half left	Lucknow	c. 1770	GBP -	38.00
46	A portrait of Khan Duran Khan SAMSAN UD-DAULA dressed in a white jama bound by a sash of green	Murshidabad	c. 1770	GBP -	45.00
47	A MINIATURE FROM THE MALWA RASIKAPRIYA SERIES OF 1634	Malwa (Rajgarh)	1634	GBP -	220.00
48	MALAvi RAGINI	Malwa	c. 1680	GBP -	85.00
49	AN ASCETIC SEATED ON A TIGER SKIN in a garden with a vina over his shoulder	Malwa		GBP -	85.00
50	A PRINCE AND HIS MISTRESS MAKING LOVE IN A DOMED PAVILION	Malwa	c. 1680	GBP -	110.00
51	MALKOS RAGA	Malwa	c. 1680-90	GBP -	120.00
52	VIBHASA RAGINI	Malwa		GBP -	65.00
53	KRISHNA ARRIVING AT A DOMED PAVILION AT NIGHT	Malwa		GBP -	32.00
54	A PAIR OF LOVERS lie together within the chamber of a pavilion	Malwa	c. 1670	GBP -	130.00
55	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE RASIKAPRIYA	Malwa		GBP -	110.00
56	VIBHASA RAGINI	Malwa		GBP -	55.00
57	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE AMARU SATAKA	Malwa	c. 1650	GBP -	65.00
58	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE AMARU SATAKA	Malwa (Rajgarh)	c. 1650	GBP -	80.00
59	THE BRAHMIN SUDAMA being sent by his wife to Krishna's house with a small bag of rice			GBP -	100.00
60	BALARAMA AND KRISHNA AS CHILDREN with Rohini who feeds and plays with them			GBP -	120.00
61	THE GREAT SACRIFICE OF THE PANDAVAS			GBP -	90.00
62	ASAVARI RAGINI	Central India	c. 1760	GBP -	280.00
63	A GIRL TALKING TO A PRINCE IN A PINK-WALLED COURTYARD	Alwar	c. 1800	GBP -	50.00
64	VISHNU ENTHRONED WITH A CONSORT visited by two kings and two ascetics in a palace	Central Indian, Nagpur	c. 1820	GBP -	35.00
65	A WISTFUL MAIDEN LAYING ON A BED in a palace courtyard	Central Indian, Nagpur	c. 1820	GBP -	65.00
66	INDRA SLAYING A DEMON	Central Indian, Nagpur	c. 1820)	GBP -	30.00
67	RADHA AND KRISHNA discuss while seated in a pavilion		c. 1770	GBP -	60.00
68	Two MEN on a terrace holding a discussion as they sit on a green and orange carpet		c. 1770	GBP -	60.00
69	A MAIDEN TALKING TO HER CONFIDANTE about her lover in the courtyard of a domed pavilion		c. 1770	GBP -	50.00
70	Two GIRLS stand on a terrace	Datia		GBP -	14.00
71	THREE EUROPEAN OFFICIALS seated on corner chairs upon a terrace			GBP -	45.00
72	LOVERS EMBRACING against a large green and brown cushion on a terrace decorated with scrolls	Central India		GBP -	12.00
73	A LADY ON A STOOL with a Simurgh flying over her	Central India		GBP -	48.00
74	RAMA AVATAR	Central India		GBP -	75.00
75	AN ASCETIC CHARMING SNAKES	Central India		GBP -	20.00
76	KEDARA RAGINI	Central India	c. 1760	GBP -	220.00
77	MALARI RAGINI	Central India		GBP -	40.00
78	BILWAL RAGINI	Central India		GBP -	40.00
79	A NOBLEMAN seated on a terrace of intricate design	Alwar	c. 1800	GBP -	100.00
80	RADHA AND KRISHNA BEING REVERED BY A PROCESSION OF MAIDENS and men	Central India		GBP -	450.00
81	KRISHNA AND BALARAMA wearing white and gold jamas	Central India	c. 1800	GBP -	60.00
82	A RAJA receiving a nobleman while smoking a hookah under a canopy on a terrace			GBP -	15.00
83	A NOBLEMAN AND LADY with a vina seated on a red carpet before an empty white pavilion	Central India	c. 1800	GBP -	50.00
84	KRISHNA WELCOMING THE BRAHMIN SUDAMA	Central India		GBP -	50.00
85	RAMA AND LAKSHMANA ATTENDED BY SITA as they sit on a terrace outside a pavilion before a river	Central India		GBP -	22.00
86	A MAHARAJA OUT RIDING FOLLOWED BY AN ENTOURAGE OF FIVE OFFICERS	Central India		GBP -	950.00
87	THREE EUROPEANS ON A TERRACE	Central India		GBP -	18.00
88	HORSES	Rajasthan		GBP -	18.00
89	HORSES	Rajasthan		GBP -	22.00
90	MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATIONS	Rajasthan		GBP -	35.00
91	Pancam ragini			GBP -	40.00
92	Siva and Parvati enthroned on a terrace	Jaipur	c.1840	GBP -	16.00
93	Sirdar Singh of Udaipur (1838-42) in a green landscape			GBP -	30.00
94	Two GIRLS WORSHIPPING AT A SHRINE TO SIVA	Rajasthan		GBP -	18.00
95	KRISHNA SLAYING KANSA WITH HIS DAGGER	Rajasthan		GBP -	12.00
96	A CHARACTER PORTRAIT OF A MAN WITH A SMILING FACE	Rajasthan		GBP -	5.00
97	KRISHNA DRIVING ARJUNA'S CHARIOT along a riverbank	Rajasthan		GBP -	22.00
98	A GROUP OF HOLY MEN SEATED NAKED IN THE GRASS	Rajasthan		GBP -	18.00
99	A MAHARAJA CANTERING on a white stallion along a river bank he rides with a halo about his head clasping a sword	Rajasthan	c. 1880	GBP -	60.00
100	MALKOS RAGA			GBP -	45.00

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