4th Jun, 2025 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities
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AN ELABORATELY PAINTED WOOD PANEL, PROBABLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1750-70
comprising two lengths of joined wood richly decorated in opaque colour on a black ground with borders of in gold, the scenes of various deities including Hanuman, Krishna, Ganesha and Siva with attendant figures, a devotee supplicant before a temple at one end, approx. 17.3 x 199cm.
Provenance:
Acquired by the vendor Christie’s 10 July 1975 Lot 53 (illustrated)
This extremely rare example of architectural decoration relates closely to friezes, noted by Captain John Theophilus Boileau, in the Phul Mahal and the closed gallery added in the reign of Maharaj Gaj Singh of Bikaner (r. 1745-1787). Related examples are still in place above the doors of the main entrance to the Phul Mahal.
Sold for £3,000
comprising two lengths of joined wood richly decorated in opaque colour on a black ground with borders of in gold, the scenes of various deities including Hanuman, Krishna, Ganesha and Siva with attendant figures, a devotee supplicant before a temple at one end, approx. 17.3 x 199cm.
Provenance:
Acquired by the vendor Christie’s 10 July 1975 Lot 53 (illustrated)
This extremely rare example of architectural decoration relates closely to friezes, noted by Captain John Theophilus Boileau, in the Phul Mahal and the closed gallery added in the reign of Maharaj Gaj Singh of Bikaner (r. 1745-1787). Related examples are still in place above the doors of the main entrance to the Phul Mahal.
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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