WEST INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LARGE DARK WOOD OPENWORK SCREEN
WEST INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
With arched top, the side panels with geometric decoration, the central panel with Hindu deities including Krishna and Radha, Lakshmi, Vishnu and Ganesh within niches flanked by floral sprays amidst dense foliate and floral decoration, on stand
88in. (223.5cm.) long, 79in. (200.8cm.) high

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Lot Essay

This folding screen is elegantly decorated combining geometric forms and depictions of deities within lobed arches. The recognisable deities are rendered in a folk-style like the bronzes found in Bengal. However, the square open-work panels with their intricate interlocked or re-iterated geometric forms, find parallel in the red sandstone and white marble jalis found in Mughal palaces. The upper hemispherical panel echoes the jalis of the Ahmedabad Jami masjid. The impressive size of our screen and the melange of style perhaps suggests a production for a particular event, perhaps one of the many European exhibitions of the late 19th century.

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