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 Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 STUDIES OF SEVEN HEADS Rajasthan

GBP - 50.00
102 KRISHNA DRIVING A CHARIOT Kishangarh

c. 1830

GBP - 45.00
103 A PORTRAIT OF NAWAB HASAN ALI-KHAN Kishangarh

GBP - 75.00
104 A MUGHAL EMPEROR HOLDING A SARPECH SEATED ON A TERRACE AT SUNSET Kishangarh

c. 1760

GBP - 190.00
105 Two FRIENDLY LADIES seen half-length arm in arm on a terrace laid with a floral carpet Sawar

GBP - 50.00
106 PORTRAIT OF A LADY SMOKING IN A GARDEN Sawar

GBP - 200.00
107 A TIGER CAUGHT IN A SNARE is lifted from the ground by a counterweight Devargh

c. 1840

GBP - 170.00
108 A MAHARAJA SMOKING A HOOKAH WHILE OUT RIDING ON A PRANCING BROWN STALLION Devgarh

GBP - 400.00
109 A HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A MAHARAJA OF RAGHOGARH Raghogarh

GBP - 170.00
110 A MAHARAJA OF RAGHOGARH upon a prancing horse wears a long jama Raghogarh

GBP - 140.00
111 AN ELEPHANT HUNT IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE by a river Bikaner

c. 1670-80

GBP - 400.00
112 PATAMANJARI RAGINI Bikaner

c. 1680

GBP - 220.00
113 NATA RAGINI Bikaner

GBP - 48.00
114 DHANASRI RAGINI Bikaner

GBP - 130.00
115 An illustration to the MONTH OF JYESHTHA Bikaner

GBP - 55.00
116 A PORTRAIT OF A PRINCESS HOLDING A VASE ARRANGED WITH FLOWERS Bikaner

GBP - 55.00
117 KRISHNA PLAYING THE FLUTE in a landscape with two white cows Bikaner

GBP - 65.00
118 A CHRISTIAN MAIDEN reading a text [Bikaner]

1801

GBP - 35.00
119 A RULER holds his hands Bikaner

c. 1830

GBP - 35.00
120 KRISHNA STANDS at an open window with a floral surround playing the flute [Bikaner]

1889/1832

GBP - 40.00
121 THE DURGA ASTRIDE HER TIGER SLAUGHTERS THE BUFFALO DEMON MAHISHA [Bikaner]

dated V.S. 1901,1844 A.D.

GBP - 65.00
122 A PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN STANDING ON A TERRACE [Bikaner]

1908, 1851 A.D.

GBP - 70.00
123 COURTIERS AND DANCING GIRLS CELEBRATING THE HOLI FESTIVAL Bundi

GBP - 15.00
124 Two MAIDENS STANDING ON A STOOL AT NIGHT pointing out the moon and stars to another maiden playing with a child under a willow tree Bundi

GBP - 65.00
125 PANCHAM RAGINI Bundi

GBP - 45.00
126 MALAKAUSA RAGA Bundi

c. 1800

GBP - 25.00
127 RADHA and KRISHNA SEATED TOGETHER on a lotus flower in a landscape Bundi

GBP - 120.00
128 A LADY AT HER TOILET stands upon a stool holding her hair coiled in one hand Bundi

GBP - 40.00
129 A PAIR OF NAKED LOVERS ride on horseback Bundi

c. 1820

GBP - 100.00
130 SRI NATH-JI in an alcove with four attendants holding various artefacts of worship Bundi

GBP - 22.00
131 TWELVE INCARNATIONS OF VISHNU set in twelve squares with backgrounds of red, yellow and green Amber

GBP - 200.00
132 DHANASRI RAGINI Amber

c. 1730

GBP - 260.00
133 KAKUBA RAGINI Amber

GBP - 220.00
134 MALAKAUSA RAGA Amber

GBP - 95.00
135 RADHA SITS WITHIN A WHITE DOMED PAVILION talking with her confidantes Amber

c. 1760

GBP - 85.00
136 RADHA upon a lotus blossom holding a moon-like fan Amber

GBP - 48.00
137 KEDARA RAGINI Jaipur

GBP - 35.00
138 A PORTRAIT OF A PRINCESS DRAPED IN A WHITE SHAWL Jaipur

c. 1780

GBP - 180.00
139 A LADY REACHES TO EMBRACE her prince as seated upon a golden carpet at night Jaipur

c. 1780

GBP - 70.00
140 A PORTRAIT OF A LADY AT A WINDOW WITH A WINE CUP Jaipur

GBP - 65.00
141 A YOUNG LADY wearing a diaphonous mauve drape and dress holds out a small golden bowl with her henna-stained hands Jaipur

GBP - 42.00
142 A HALF-NAKED LADY kneeling upon a gilt stool holds a purple cloak above her head Jaipur

c. 1800-10

GBP - 22.00
143 LAYLA VISITING MAJNUN ON A RIVERBANK Jaipur

c. 1830

GBP - 60.00
144 RADHA AND KRISHNA at a window Jaipur

c. 1830

GBP - 20.00
145 Groups of gopis wait in expectation Malpura (Jaipur)

GBP - 45.00
146 A LADY at a window smokes a hookah Jaipur

GBP - 18.00
147 A GREEN DEMON in a chariot fires a hail of arrows at Devi upon a lion Jaipur

GBP - 22.00
148 A RULER SPEAKS with an attendant beneath a tree Jaipur

GBP - 30.00
149 DEVI HOLDING WEAPONS in many hands rides a brown lion against a multi-armed green demon before a hail of quoits Jaipur

GBP - 30.00
150 VISHNU RECLINING upon the serpent Ananta Jaipur

GBP - 25.00
151 A VIEW OF A FORTRESS with pink walls and towers Jaipur

GBP - 42.00
152 NARASINHA AVATAR Jaipur

GBP - 45.00
153 NARASINHA AVATAR Jaipur

c. 1870

GBP - 22.00
154 HANUMAN Jaipur

c. 1870

GBP - 35.00
155 A RAJA rides a blue and white painted horse Jodhpur

GBP - 40.00
156 A PORTRAIT OF A MAHARAJA OF JODHPUR Jodhpur

GBP - 26.00
157 A RULER SMOKING A HOOKAH reclines against a mauve bolster Marwar

GBP - 32.00
158 A RAJA OUT RIDING on a white horse Jodhpur

c. 1800

GBP - 60.00
159 A RULER on a prancing blue horse, blue border Marwar

GBP - 30.00
160 A FORT SCENE from inside the battlements Jodhpur

GBP - 28.00
161 KRISHNA playing the flute Jodhpur

GBP - 30.00
162 A NOBLEMAN CLASPS his mistress to him sitting cross-legged upon a richly decorated couch Jodhpur

c. 1820-30

GBP - 75.00
163 ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE RAMAYANA Rajasthan, probably Jodhpur

c. 1800

GBP - 20.00
164 A LADY seated against a mauve bolster instructs a child Marwar

GBP - 18.00
165 A PORTRAIT OF RAJA MAN SINGH OF JODHPUR (1804-43) BY DANA Jodhpur

c. 1825

GBP - 110.00
166 A RULER receives two courtiers whilst reclining against a pink bolster smoking a hookah Marwar

GBP - 22.00
167 A MAHARAJA holds a burning lamp as he worships before female deity seated on a throne Jodhpur

c. 1820

GBP - 12.00
168 THE MAHARAJA Bhim Singh seated on a silver throne addresses a warrior kneeling before him Jodhpur

c 1830-40

GBP - 12.00
169 A YOGINI RECEIVING A NOBLEMAN and his courtiers Jodhpur

c. 1840

GBP - 24.00
170 SOHINI FLOATING on an upturned pot swims across the river to Mahinwar who sits beneath a tree playing a pipe before his herd Jodhpur

c. 1840

GBP - 35.00
171 MAHARAJA TAKHT SINGH OF JODHPUR (1843-73) seated on a terrace under a canopy holding a bow and arrow Jodhpur

c. 1850

GBP - 160.00
172 MAHARAJA TAKHT SINGH OF JODHPUR (1843-73) kneeling on a terrace before a guru who sits smoking a hookah under a canopy with an attendant waving a morchal over him Jodhpur

c. 1850

GBP - 50.00
173 RADHA AND KRISHNA celebrate the holi festival with six gopis Jodhpur

GBP - 20.00
174 DIPAK RAGA Kotah

GBP - 160.00
175 A MAHARAJA OF KOTAH RESPLENDENT IN A GOLD JAMA and holding a pink flower while out riding on a white stallion with orange legs and underside Kotah

c. 1760-70

GBP - 280.00
176 UMED SINGH OF KOTAH (1771-1820) rides out hawking upon a galloping red and white horse Kotah

GBP - 70.00
177 RAMA enthroned with Sita Kotah

c. 1860-70

GBP - 25.00
178 A WINTER SCENE within the chambers of a palace Kotah

c. 1860

GBP - 55.00
179 A MAIDEN WORSHIPPING AT A SHRINE TO SIVA ON A LAKE Sirohi

GBP - 120.00
180 VILAVAL RAGINI Rajasthan (Sirohi)

c. 1720

GBP - 30.00
181 DEVAKI AND VASUDE WORSHIPPING KRISHNA APPEARING AS VISHNU as Kansa's guards slumber Sirohi

c. 1700

GBP - 190.00
182 KANSA HOLDING UP THE SUBSTITUTED BABY WHO APPEARS FROM THE SKY AS DEVI Sirohi

c. 1700

GBP - 200.00
183 VASANTA RAGINI Sirohi

c. 1720

GBP - 25.00
184 A KING giving audience to four ladies within a domed chamber Sirohi

GBP - 22.00
185 Two LOVERS lie naked on a couch Sirohi

GBP - 30.00
186 A RULER with ladies in attendance in upper panel Sirohi

GBP - 18.00
187 A RULER with women in attendance Sirohi

USD - Not Sold
188 A FEMALE DEITY on a white bird holding white beads in its bill Sirohi

GBP - 35.00
189 MALAVI RAGINI Sirohi

GBP - 20.00
190 DEVAGANDHARI RAGINI Sirohi

GBP - 28.00
191 RAMAKALI RAGINI Sirohi

GBP - 12.00
192 DESAKHYA RAGINI Sirohi

GBP - 20.00
193 Radha bidding farewell to a companion and aiming a lotus arrow at Krishna Sirohi

GBP - 12.00
194 KRISHNA OVERCOMES VANASUR TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF ANIRUDDHA. BY NANA Malwa or Mewar

c. 1540-60

GBP - 1,100.00
195 THE JEWEL SUMANTAKA Malwa or Mewar

c. 1540-60

GBP - 1,100.00
196 A FATHER WITH HIS DAUGHTERS in a small building Mewar

GBP - 20.00
197 A SAINT dictating a text Mewar

GBP - 10.00
198 HUNTSMEN Mewar

c. 1830

GBP - 20.00
199 A ruler of Udaipur rides upon an elephant Mewar

GBP - 22.00
200 KRISHNA IN HIS COSMIC FORM Mewar

c. 1870

GBP - 110.00
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