5th Jun, 2024 11:00

Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities

 
Lot 148
 

148

A FRAGMENT FROM A MUGHAL TENT PANEL (QANAT), NORTHERN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

painted and resist-dyed cotton, of rectangular form depicting a cusped arch containing a shallow vase with a chrysanthemum plant on crimson ground, stylised lotus motifs in the spandrels, laid on linen, mounted on stretcher, 61.5 x 93cm

For two closely related tent panels from the Hodgkin Collection with slightly different treatment of the flower-heads, see Sotheby's London, 24 October 2017, lot 164.

Sold for £3,500


 

painted and resist-dyed cotton, of rectangular form depicting a cusped arch containing a shallow vase with a chrysanthemum plant on crimson ground, stylised lotus motifs in the spandrels, laid on linen, mounted on stretcher, 61.5 x 93cm

For two closely related tent panels from the Hodgkin Collection with slightly different treatment of the flower-heads, see Sotheby's London, 24 October 2017, lot 164.

Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art, including Greek and Roman Antiquities, 5th Jun, 2024

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