The Ismail Merchant Collection
The Ismail Merchant Collection features a selection of Indian and Islamic works of art, including a fine Iznik Brule from the Sassoon Collection; Indian Company School drawings with examples by the Fraser Album Artist; a fine Gujarati ivory-inlaid cabinet-on-stand; and a fine selection of Indian textiles, including a Palampore made for the Swedish market. The highlight of the sale is August Schoefft’s depiction of The Thugs of India, an important historical painting.
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Sale 5980, Lot 33
'THE GOLDEN BOWL' (2001)
AN INDIAN IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND ROSEWOOD CABINET-ON-STAND
Gujarat or Sindh, late 17th/early 18th century, the doors probably reversed and remounted, the superstructure and stand english and associated in the 19th century
Estimate: £8,000 – £12,000
'THE GOLDEN BOWL' (2001)
AN INDIAN IVORY-INLAID EBONY AND ROSEWOOD CABINET-ON-STAND
Gujarat or Sindh, late 17th/early 18th century, the doors probably reversed and remounted, the superstructure and stand english and associated in the 19th century
Estimate: £8,000 – £12,000
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