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OCTOBER 2009 INTERIORS

6 October     
TUESDAY
  Christie's Interiors: Style & Spirit
10.30 am & 2.00 pm
6 October
WEDNESDAY
  The Ismail Merchant Collection
10.30 am

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LOT 144
AUGUST THEODOR SCHOEFFT
(HUNGARIAN, 1809-1888)
THE THUGS OF INDIA, HALT AT
THE SHRINE OF GANESH

£50,000-80,000

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LOT 76
A LARGE SOUTH INDIAN PRINTED COTTON PALAMPORE
PROBABLY MADE FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET
SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

£20,000-30,000

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LOT 42
AN INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER TEAPOT
MARK OF LATTEY BROTHERS AND COMPANY, CALCUTTA,

CIRCA 1850
£1,000-1,500

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LOT 131
INDIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1890

PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA MANGAL SINGH BAHADUR (B. 1859)
£1,500-2,500

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LOT 10
AN IZNIK POTTERY COVERED BOWL
TURKEY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

£3,000-5,000

THE ISMAIL MERCHANT COLLECTION 07.10.09




“For Indians such as myself the films of Ismail Merchant opened up a world far beyond the cinematic adventures of our favourite Bollywood movies. Instead of predictable blood rivalries, antipathetic mothers-in-law and forbidden marriages, we tasted a diet of subtle flavours, universal themes explored through obscure characters in very particular circumstances: an art dealer hoping to acquire miniature paintings from a maharaja and his sister, a nostalgic Indian princess living in a London flat, a hopeful English woman visiting India who falls in love with an Indian film star and a memsahib who loses her heart to a raja. The dialogue between India and the West ran as a common thread through these films, which articulated the mutual fascination between the two cultures through personal perspectives. For myself, the works of Merchant Ivory resonated deeply, evoking an interest in the encounter between Britain and India that went on to inspire my own academic interests.

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