4th Jun, 2025 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities
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A PAIR OF QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
richly decorated in polychrome and gold with a central lobed medallion enclosing roses and other flowering stems, with further cusped medallions on a ground of interlacing floral motifs, a border in gold reserved on black of interlacing palmettes, the reverse with an interlace of floral and foliate motifs in gold on a black ground, each panel 16.3 x 10.1cm. (2)
Provenance:
Christie's, 21st October 2016, part lot 226, from a London collection acquired in the 1970s.
Sold for £400
richly decorated in polychrome and gold with a central lobed medallion enclosing roses and other flowering stems, with further cusped medallions on a ground of interlacing floral motifs, a border in gold reserved on black of interlacing palmettes, the reverse with an interlace of floral and foliate motifs in gold on a black ground, each panel 16.3 x 10.1cm. (2)
Provenance:
Christie's, 21st October 2016, part lot 226, from a London collection acquired in the 1970s.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities, 4th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The sales include sculpture, bronzes, metalwork, textiles and paintings representative of the richly varied styles seen across the Indian subcontinent, from early Buddhist and Jain art to Mughal and European-influenced works of art of the colonial era.
Works of art from all parts of the Islamic world, from Morocco in the west, through the Middle East, Persia and Central Asia to muslim China and South East Asia in the East are included in the sale. Objects range in date from the early centuries of Islam to the early 20th century at a wide range of price levels.
The sales also include Khmer, Thai and Javanese sculpture and bronzes, textiles from the Indonesian islands, Thai ceramics, Burmese lacquer and Buddhist manuscripts. Works of art range from the early Indian-influenced styles from 9th century Java to the elaborate carved and lacquered woodwork from Colonial Burma.
For full details of bibliographic references, see pages 192-193 of the page turning and printed versions of the catalogue.
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