Lot Essay
A pierced sandstone screen with a very similar geometric border dated to the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605), is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 1993.67.2).
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NORTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF IMPERIAL MUGHAL RED SANDSTONE PIERCED SCREENS (JALIS)
NORTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with pointed arches enclosing a hexagonal honey comb, each containing furhter hexagonals surrounding a six-pointed star, spandrels with interlocking hexagonal honeycombe, set inside a stepped-diamond border
One 48¾ in. (124 cm.) high; 40¼ in. (102 cm.) wide; the other 49¼ in. (125 cm.) high; 40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) wide (2)
NORTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form with pointed arches enclosing a hexagonal honey comb, each containing furhter hexagonals surrounding a six-pointed star, spandrels with interlocking hexagonal honeycombe, set inside a stepped-diamond border
One 48¾ in. (124 cm.) high; 40¼ in. (102 cm.) wide; the other 49¼ in. (125 cm.) high; 40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Vipasha Ltd., London, July 1987.
Brought to you by
Alexandra Cruden
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