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
201	TIPPU SULTAN seated on a pink rug, green background	Nathdwara		GBP -	22.00
202	Krishna with the gopis in a garden	Nathdwara		GBP -	42.00
203	The celebration of KRISHNA'S BIRTHDAY (Janmashtami) with the image dressed before Sri Nath-ji	Nathdwara		GBP -	20.00
204	A KRISHNA IMAGE on a swing with a priest to either side	Nathdwara		GBP -	12.00
205	A holy man stands before a throne	Nathdwara		GBP -	10.00
206	Two HOLY MEN seated on a terrace	Nathdwara		GBP -	5.00
207	KRISHNA milks a white cow	Nathdwara	c. 1870	GBP -	10.00
208	A MAIDEN HOLDING LOTUS BLOSSOMS in a garden	Nathdwara		GBP -	45.00
209	A pair of painted cloth hangings	Nathdwara		GBP -	55.00
210	A PAINTED CLOTH HANGING	Nathdwara		GBP -	90.00
211	A PAINTED CLOTH HANGING	Nathdwara		GBP -	480.00
212	A PAINTED CLOTH HANGING	Nathdwara		GBP -	280.00
213	A PAINTED CLOTH HANGING	India		GBP -	60.00
214	A PAINTED CLOTH HANGING. SRI NATH-JI PLAYS A FLUTE standing on a lotus flower	Nathdwara		GBP -	620.00
215	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE MAHABHARATA (BHISHMA-PARVA)	Mewar		GBP -	120.00
216	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE MAHABHARATA	Mewar	c. 1680	GBP -	45.00
217	KAMODI RAGINI	Mewar	c. 1680	GBP -	400.00
218	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SIVA SAKTI	Mewar	c. 1720	GBP -	70.00
219	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SIVA SAKTI	Mewar	c. 1700	GBP -	50.00
220	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE SIVA SAKTI	Mewar	c. 1700	GBP -	75.00
221	VISHNU SITTING ON A WHITE MAT watching a yogi give a coin to a couple	Mewar	c. 1700	GBP -	48.00
222	VISHNU ASTRIDE GARUDA ABOUT TO STRIKE TWO WARRIORS on horseback who wield their swords towards him	Mewar	c. 1700	GBP -	55.00
223	A WHITE-HAIRED ASCETIC SWINGING UPSIDE DOWN over a fire	Mewar		GBP -	55.00
224	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE GITA GOVINDA	Mewar	c. 1720	GBP -	190.00
225	RADHA APPEALING TO KRISHNA WHO SITS ON A WHITE BED UNDER A BOWER	Mewar	c. 1720	GBP -	220.00
226	A SAKHI PERSUADING RADHA TO JOIN KRISHNA IN A BOWER	Mewar	c. 1730	GBP -	60.00
227	A MAHARANA OF UDAIPUR rides out upon an elephant	Mewar		GBP -	70.00
228	AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE BHAGAVATA PURANA	Mewar		GBP -	45.00
229	AN ASSEMBLY OF GODS AND GODDESSES bearing weapons with multiple arms stand before two deities enthroned within a golden pavilion	Mewar	c. 1760	GBP -	65.00
230	JAGAT SINGH II OF MEWAR seen head and shoulders within a radiant gold halo	Mewar		GBP -	38.00
232	A GUINEA FOWL			GBP -	48.00
233	A LARGE PIED WAGTAIL of brown			GBP -	50.00
234	A GOLDENBACKED WOODPECKER with a crimson crest			GBP -	65.00
235	A WHITE-CHEEKED PARAKEET with richly coloured feathers perched on a long branch facing right			GBP -	70.00
236	A WHITEBREASTED KINGFISHER with a stout red bill			GBP -	70.00
237	A RUFOUSBACKED SHRIKE			GBP -	28.00
238	A BRIGHTLY COLOURED LORY			GBP -	55.00
239	AN AVADAVAT of brown and black plumage			GBP -	48.00
240	A HOOPOE perched on a branch facing left			GBP -	65.00
241	A PASSERINE BIRD with grey and white plumage			GBP -	35.00
242	A HIGHLY COLOURED LORY			GBP -	70.00
243	A MAGPIE-ROBIN			GBP -	32.00
244	A REDVENTED BULBUL facing left			GBP -	28.00
245	AN AVADAVAT with bright red plumage			GBP -	35.00
246	A HILL PARAKEET with green and blue plumage			GBP -	100.00
247	Two SOLDIERS practice with swords and a stave			GBP -	10.00
248	A hawk perched on a red post			GBP -	14.00
249	A study of a plant in bloom (Cucurbitacae)			GBP -	38.00
250	A NATIVE MILKING A cow as a tethered calf licks the servant's back		c. 1860	GBP -	25.00
251	Two ASCETICS PLAYING AN EKTAR AND TAMBOURINE		c. 1880	GBP -	25.00
252	A study of a plant in bloom (Labiatae)			GBP -	40.00
253	A portrait of AKBAR on a gold throne seated in a red and gold jama	Delhi		GBP -	18.00
254	GARDENS	Delhi		GBP -	35.00
255	A bearded ruler sits in a golden chair	Northern India		GBP -	12.00
256	A VAISNAVITE TEXT in scroll form with twenty-two illustrations of deities and diagrams in gold and colours	North India		GBP -	50.00
257	RUSTAM ABOUT TO ATTACK A SERPENT that devours his faithful horse Rakhsh			GBP -	20.00
258	A MAN DRESSED in extraordinary animal clothing with tiger headress holds a composite beast by a pink snake	North India		GBP -	28.00
259	Three goddesses reclining in three compartments with red backgrounds	Western India		GBP -	20.00
260	A JAIN DIAGRAM OF THE PARUSKA YANTRA			GBP -	30.00
261	A GROUP OF MUSICIANS AND DANCING GIRLS performing before a shrine to a Jain Tirthankara	Western India		GBP -	14.00
262	DEVI STANDING UPON A TIGER with a square of text in tabloid form in the centre			GBP -	15.00
263	Two WORSHIPPERS at a shrine to a Jain Tirthankara	Gujarat		GBP -	12.00
264	Two DEVOTEES HOLDING COLOURED cauris before a shrine to a Jain Tirthankara in a domed pavilion	Gujarat		GBP -	18.00
265	THE TEMPLE OF JAGANNATHA depicting the sikhara	Orissa		GBP -	20.00
266	MICA PAINTINGS		c. 1860	GBP -	15.00
267	MICA PAINTINGS		c. 1860	GBP -	12.00
268	MICA PAINTINGS		c. 1860	GBP -	22.00
269	MICA PAINTINGS		c. 1860	GBP -	22.00
270	IVORY PAINTINGS	Delhi		GBP -	120.00
271	IVORY PAINTINGS			GBP -	45.00
272	AMIN UD-DIN SAHIB VISITING A SAINT			GBP -	40.00
273	A HUNTER KNEELS to extract a thorn from the foot of a bhil huntress	Deccan, Hyderabad	c. 1780	GBP -	60.00
274	A NOBLEMAN HOLDING A FLOWER SEATED ON A FLORAL MAT outside a pavilion with a fountain playing in the foreground	Hyderabad		GBP -	30.00
275	Three girls visiting a shrine	Deccan		GBP -	10.00
276	AN ORANGE URN WITH LEOPARD-HEAD HANDLES	Central India or Deccani		GBP -	32.00
277	A BIRD WITH A HUMAN HEAD CAPTURED IN A RED CAGE	Central India or Deccani		GBP -	60.00
278	A WARRIOR on a prancing horse stares back at two armed princes	Paithan		GBP -	60.00
279	A KING HOLDING a club salutes a warrior arriving on a terrace	Paithan		GBP -	50.00
280	AN OFFICER beside his accoutred horse and a line of soldiers	Paithan		GBP -	60.00
281	A WARRIOR ABOUT TO SHOOT an arrow at a horse galloping towards him	Paithan		GBP -	70.00
282	A TROOP of European foot-soldiers led by an officer on horseback	Paithan		GBP -	50.00
283	Two WARRIORS taking aim with bows and arrows	Paithan		GBP -	80.00
284	A WARRIOR IN A GLADE releasing a shower of arrows at another warrior who sits above with a king at his side	Paithan		GBP -	50.00
285	Two WARRIORS PREPARING to attack as they sharpen their spears and aim their bows	Paithan		GBP -	50.00
286	WRESTLERS AND ACROBATS performing on a green field	Tanjore	c. 1800	GBP -	75.00
287	RAMA, SITA and LAKSHMANA RECEIVING BHARATA	Benares		GBP -	30.00
288	Giw RIDING IN A LANDSCAPE ON HORSEBACK encounters another warrior approaching him on foot			GBP -	150.00
289	A RULER ENTHRONED IN A LANDSCAPE receives two warriors			GBP -	100.00
290	AN ELEPHANT WITH A GILT HOWDAH walking in a pink landscape	Deccani		GBP -	45.00
291	The gopies asking Krishna for their clothes	India		GBP -	30.00
292	A BOY with a rabbit argues with a girl about its worth	India		GBP -	45.00
293	The head and shoulders of a ruler	South India		GBP -	6.00
294	KRISHNA PLAYING HIS FLUTE with two maidens at his side holding bottles			GBP -	75.00
295	A GROOM LEADING A WINGED-HORSE TO A WARRIOR who stands wearing a chain mail suit of armour and armed with his bow and quiver of arrows	Mandi		GBP -	14.00
296	A BATTLE BETWEEN RAVANA AND RAMA WITH LAKSHMANA who aim their bows	Mandi		GBP -	28.00
297	DEVI ASTRIDE HER TIGER BRANDISHING HER EMBLEMS	Mandi		GBP -	22.00
298	MATSYA AVATAR	Mandi		GBP -	22.00
299	Vishnu seated with a consort on a lotus blossom carried on the head of Garuda	Mandi		GBP -	10.00
300	THE SAGE BHAGIRATH STANDING BEFORE SIVA	Mandi		GBP -	18.00
301	A HOLY MAN SEATED ON A TERRACE against a floral bolster	Mandi		GBP -	22.00

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