Wednesday 19 June 2024 | Lots:
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Arts of India
Wednesday 19 June 2024 10:00
Featuring 225 lots, Roseberys are pleased to present their Arts of India sale on the Wednesday 19 June. This sale offers manuscripts, textiles, metalwork and contemporary art from the Indian subcontinent. There is a strong selection of Northern Indian metalworks and textiles. Key works from contemporary Indian artists such as Francis Newton Souza J. Swaminathan, Jamini Roy close the sale.
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Sunday 16 June: 10am – 2pm
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Highlight Lots
LOT 222
Lots 222 - 225 Four exceptional works by Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) belonging to Dr....
Estimate: £25,000 - £35,000
Price Realised: £34,040
LOT 140
A preparatory sketch, possibly inspired by the biblical story of Tobias Mughal India, circa 18th...
Estimate: £600 - £800
Price Realised: £23,616
LOT 223
Francis Newton Souza, Indian (1924-2002)Untitled, Head Signed and dated "Souza 85" (upper...
Estimate: £12,000 - £15,000
Price Realised: £19,680
LOT 207
A large triptych after a painting by Nainsukh of Guler, Musicians playing a Raga for Balwant Dev...
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Price Realised: £10,496
LOT 225
Francis Newton Souza, Indian (1924-2002)Untitled, Landscape, Signed and dated "Souza 84" (upper...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Price Realised: £7,872
LOT 1
A Bihari Qu'ran and Tafsir in two volumesNorth India, with date of 1035AH/1625AD Arabic...
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
LOT 2
A palm leaf manuscript, South India or maritime south Asia, circa 18th/19th century incised text...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 3
An illustrated collection of Persian epics, possibly a volume of a Khamsa of Nizami Kashmir,...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 4
A manuscript text related to the Nala-Damayanti story, in Urdu, with 17 illustrations, copied by...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 5
A guide to mandalas and yantras,Nepal, 17th century Opaque pigments and ink on paper, comprising...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 6
Two Mudra manuscripts in 3 parts (hand gestures), 18th century Provenance: Peaceful Wind, Santa...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 7
A deed of sale of property in Lahore, India, dated 1259AH/1848AD, ink on paper, in Persian...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 8
A nasta'liq calligraphic composition, Iran or India 20th century, black ink on paper, 5 ll. of...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 9
An unbound Hindu manuscript, possibly the first chapter of a Bhagavata PuranaIndia, 18th...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 10
A drawing of Krishna and the gopis, possibly designs for hookah bases ; a folio from a...
Estimate: £100 - £200
LOT 11
Two detached Bihari Qur'an bifolios, Central India, 15th/16th century, Arabic manuscript on...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 12
A detached illustrated bifolio from an epic, possibly the Iskandarnama : a battle scene Kashmir,...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 13
A detached illustrated folio from an epic, possibly a Shahnama : the execution of a...
Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500
LOT 17
A calligraphic work, Kashmir, North India, late 19th century ink and opaque pigment on paper...
Estimate: £400 - £500
LOT 18
A Jalad ad-Din Niran Shah enthroned, India, 19th century, Opaque pigments on paper, a courtier...
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
LOT 19
Chahri manuscript, tantric text with images, c. 1800Prov: UK Trade, 2001
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 20
Five leaves from an erotic manual, possibly the Kama Sutra, Nepal, circa 1600-1650 Opaque...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 21
A miniature Qur'an India, 20th century Printed Arabic script, black ink on paper, 12ll. of naskh...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 22
The Manalila and the Danalila, by the poet Nandadas (16th century); signed by the scribe...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 24
A cut clear glass huqqa base, Probably F&C Osler or John Blades of Ludgate Hill, later Blades &...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 25
A small gilded blue glass spittoon, India 18th/19th century, of waisted form, the gilt decorated...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 26
A red sandstone rectangular calligraphic slab, Mughal India, circa 17th century, Deeply carved...
Estimate: £300 - £400
LOT 27
A very large quantity of fragmentary pottery tiles, Multan, Punjab, circa 1820 Provenance: With...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 28
A rectangular, green, cobalt blue and turquoise blue, figural border pottery tile, Multan, first...
Estimate: £300 - £400
LOT 30
A gold and silver inlaid push dagger (katar), North India, first half 18th century, The hilt...
Estimate: £500 - £700
LOT 31
A curved blade fitted in a Rhino horn hiltIndia, late 19th century With central ridge to blade,...
Estimate: £300 - £500
LOT 32
A Sikh gold inlaid tulwar hilt, Punjab, India, 20th century Of typical form, the flat pommel,...
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
LOT 33
A steel firangi The blade dated 1630AD, the basket hilt, later Single edged steel blade,...
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
LOT 34
A Sinhalese dagger (piha kaetta) Sri Lanka, late 19th-early 20th century The wooden hilt...
Estimate: £100 - £200
LOT 35
An Indo Portuguese gilt tortoise shell and ivory openwork and green stained ivory partially...
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
LOT 36
A Dutch colonial pedestal table, Batavia or Maritime South Asia Dutch possessions, circa 18th...
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
LOT 37
A Dutch colonial dark wood openwork floating shelf, Batavia or Maritime South Asia Dutch...
Estimate: £300 - £400
LOT 38
A Dutch colonial hardwood and brass-mounted chest Ceylon (Sri Lanka), late 18th-early 19th...
Estimate: £200 - £300
LOT 39
A very large brass mounted lacquered wood jewellery box (Nettur Petti), Kerala, India, late 19th...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 40
A lacquered wood bellow handle Kashmir, North India, late 19th /early 20th century Of typical...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 41
A large polychrome binding cover North India, second half 19th century Lacquered papier mache...
Estimate: £80 - £120
LOT 42
A large silver-inlaid bidri spittoon, Bidar, Deccan, India, early 18th century, of circular...
Estimate: £600 - £800
LOT 43
A silver-inlaid beaker, Bidar, Deccan, 19th century, on flat base with slightly flared sides,...
Estimate: £200 - £400
LOT 44
A bidri hookah base, Bidar, Deccan, India, circa 1700 Of spherical form with slightly flared and...
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
LOT 45
A silver inlaid alloy bottle (surahi), Bidar, Deccan, first half of the 19th century, The...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 46
An unusual footed bronze bowl,Deccan, India, 18th century,on a splayed foot, with rounded sides...
Estimate: £300 - £400
LOT 47
A finely decorated bidriware silver-inlaid huqqa base and vase, Bidar, Deccan, India, circa...
Estimate: £400 - £600
LOT 48
A copper and brass engraved brass chambu lota, Benares or Rajasthan, India, late 19th...
Estimate: £300 - £500
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