Date: 20th May, 2026 11:00
The sale includes the collection of Robert Skelton OBE, curator of Indian Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It comprises some exquisite 18th and 19th century Indian paintings and drawings as well as a fine group of modern Indian paintings with works by Shiavax Chavda (1914 - 1990), Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002), K Laxma Goud (B. 1940) and Jayashree Chakravarty. Tiles, Indian bronzes, thewa boxes, a silver gilt ewer, a ‘Koftgari’ pen box and a Mughal carved black jade dagger are also among the lots in this collection.
Also in the same sale is 10th -12th century Persian pottery, a monumental pair of 19th century doors, Persian and Syrian ceramics including tiles, also Iznic tiles from Ottoman Anatolia. Other lots include Indian bronze figures, small furniture, textiles and rugs.
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Lot 1 - A FOLIO FROM A TIMURID COPY OF THE SHAHNAMA, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
Lot 2 - A TIMURID ILLUMINATED OPENING BIFOLIUM, PERSIA 15TH CENTURY
Lot 3 - AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A SIGNED MASNAVI, PERSIAN OR OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1570-90
Lot 4 - A CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIO ATTRIBUTED TO 'ABDULLAH AL-MURWARID, PERSIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Lot 5 - A QUATRAIN FROM SADI'S GULISTAN, SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN AL-KASHMIR, PERSIA, DATED 1591-92
Lot 6 - † A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN SHIKASTA, PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 7 - A FINE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN COPIED BY MUHAMMAD AL-ISFAHANI, PERSIA, DATED 1878-9
Lot 8 - A QAJAR ILLUMINATED COPY OF THE QUR'AN, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Lot 9 - A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN SHIKASTA, SIGNED 'ABD AL-MAJID, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Lot 10 - A QUR'ANIC ILLUMINATED FOLIO, SIGNED GHULAM RIZA, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 12 - A RARE QAJAR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, PERSIA , DATED 1ST AUGUST 1919
Lot 13 - TWO OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS (FIRMAN), INDIA, THE FIRST DATED 1826
Lot 14 - AN ILLUMINATED HAJJ CERTIFICATE, HYDERABAD, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 15 - A SAFAVID DRAWING OF TWO FIGURES, IN THE STYLE OF RIZA-I ABBASI, PERSIA, CIRCA 1620
Lot 16 - THE GATHERING OF THE FEAST OF SHAH ABBAS, PERSIA, DATED 1860-1
Lot 17 - A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE MIRROR CASE WITH A ROYAL PORTRAIT, PERSIA, DATED 1854-5
Lot 18 - A MUGHAL MINIATURE OF A PRINCE VISITING A MYSTIC, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1590-1595
Lot 19 - THE TRIAL BY FIRE OF SIYAVUSH, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1630
Lot 20 - A NOBLEMAN ON A HORSE, DECCAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 21 - A COURT SCENE ON A TERRACE, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 23 - ‡ A MUGHAL PRINCELY FIGURE, POSSIBLY DARA SHIKOH, INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 24 - A SEATED LADY, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, PROBABLY AWADH, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Lot 25 - A MUGHAL PORTRAIT OF TIMUR, DELHI, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 26 - A PRINCELY FIGURE ON A PAVILIONED TERRACE, DELHI, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 27 - A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA ARI SINGH, MEWAR, UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1765
Lot 28 - A RULER AND HIS COURTIERS, MEWAR, RAJASTHAN, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 29 - A PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA BHIM SINGH OF UDAIPUR, MEWAR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 31 - A COPY OF THE BHAGAVAT GITA, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 34 - A DEPICTION OF A COBBLER AND HIS WIFE, TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Lot 35 - A DEPICTION OF A HOOKAH BEARER AND HIS WIFE, TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Lot 36 - A DEPICTION OF A PRIEST AND HIS WIFE, TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Lot 37 - A DEPICTION OF THE FORT OF KOPPAL FORT, KARNATAKA, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 38 - A RARE SMALL PALA BRONZE FIGURE OF MARICI, BIHAR OR BENGAL, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Lot 39 - A SMALL JAIN BRONZE FIGURE OF RISHABHANATHA, TAMIL NADU, CIRCA 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Lot 40 - AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM JAMI'S HULYAT AL-HULAL, WESTERN PERSIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Lot 41 - A SAFAVID DRAWING OF A HORSEMEN, IN THE STYLE OF REZA-I-ABBASI, PERSIA, CIRCA 1600
Lot 42 - A 'KOFTGARI' PEN BOX, PROBABLY SIALKOT, PAKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 44 - A MUGHAL BRASS HUQQA BOTTLE, NORTHERN INDIA, PROBABLY LAHORE (NOW PAKISTAN), 18TH CENTURY
Lot 45 - A MUGHAL CUERDA SECA TILE, FROM THE TOMB OF MADANI, SRINAGAR, MID-17TH CENTURY
Lot 46 - A MUGHAL PORTRAIT OF A EUROPEAN BEAUTY, NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 47 - A STANDING LADY, DECCAN, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 48 - TWO LADIES ON HORSES, CHAMBA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 49 - PORTRAIT OF RAJA SURMA SEN, MANDI, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 50 - A MUGHAL CARVED BLACK JADE DAGGER HILT, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 51 - A DRAWING OF SIVA AND GANESHA, PAHARI, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 53 - AN ILLUSTRATION TO A NAYIKA SERIES, GULER, CIRCA 1770-80
Lot 55 - A SMALL SILVER-GILT BOX WITH THEWA WORK, PRATAPGARH, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 56 - A PORTRAIT OF PRITHVIRAJ RAJA CHAUHAN, MEWAR, PROBABLY UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1810
Lot 57 - A KALIGHAT PAINTING OF KARTIKEYA, CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1900
Lot 58 - A KALIGHAT PAINTING OF HANUMAN, KOLKATA, INDIA, CIRCA 1890
Lot 59 - A PAITHAN PAINTING OF A KARALINGU SADDHUS, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 60 - ◉ AN EBONY AND EBONISED ROSEWOOD 'BATAVIAN' CHAIR, INDONESIA, CIRCA 1700
Lot 61 - ◉ A VIZAGAPATAM TABLE TOP DESK, SOUTH-EASTERN INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 64 - 'GATE OF THE TOMB OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR, AT SECUNDRA, NEAR AGRA', 1795, AFTER THOMAS DANIELL
Lot 65 - A POTTERY WITH THE VARIOUS UTENSILS IN GENERAL USE, AFTER A. W. DEVIS
Lot 80 - ‡ A NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL, NORTH-EASTERN IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 81 - ‡ A MAMLUK OR OTTOMAN IRON WINDOW GRILLE, LEVANT, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Lot 85 - A KHORASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK SECTION, PERSIA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
Lot 86 - A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF INLAID DOORS, EGYPT, 19TH CENTURY WITH 15TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
Lot 87 - ‡ TWO TIMURID MUQARNAS TILES, PERSIA, 14TH/15TH CENTURY
Lot 88 - A TIMURID OCTAGONAL CUERDA SECA TILE, UZBEKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY
Lot 89 - ‡ A PANEL OF THREE ARISTA TILES, TOLEDO, SPAIN, CIRCA 1500
Lot 90 - ‡ A TIMURID LUSTRE TILE, IRAN, DATED A.H.860/1455-56 A.D.
Lot 91 - A KASHAN MOULDED TURQUOISE TILE, PERSIA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
Lot 94 - TWO IZNIK BLUE AND WHITE TILES, 17TH CENTURY