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For more information on this lot, see the entry for lot 74 in the present sale.
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PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
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TWO PAINTINGS OF AN INTERACTION WITH A DEMON
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
The first depicting a nocturnal scene with a courtly group on a terrace accompanied by a demon, the second showing a group of nobles confronting a demon during the day, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both set within gold and black rules, with pink margins decorated with floral vines, the reverse of each with an illuminated panel of animals and leaves against a pink ground
The first: 7 3⁄4 x 12 1⁄8 (19.7 x 30.8cm.); folio 10 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8in. (27.5 x 38.8cm.)
The second: 7 1⁄4 x 11 7⁄8in. (18.5 x 30.2cm.); folio 10 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8in. (27.5 x 38.8cm.)
PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, POSSIBLY AWADH OR DECCAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
The first depicting a nocturnal scene with a courtly group on a terrace accompanied by a demon, the second showing a group of nobles confronting a demon during the day, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, both set within gold and black rules, with pink margins decorated with floral vines, the reverse of each with an illuminated panel of animals and leaves against a pink ground
The first: 7 3⁄4 x 12 1⁄8 (19.7 x 30.8cm.); folio 10 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8in. (27.5 x 38.8cm.)
The second: 7 1⁄4 x 11 7⁄8in. (18.5 x 30.2cm.); folio 10 7⁄8 x 15 5⁄8in. (27.5 x 38.8cm.)
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Sale room notice
Please note that four further paintings from this album depicting scenes from a mythical epic, one with a durbar of the Emperor Shah Alam I (1707-1712), were sold at Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 1988, lots 326-329, attributed to Mughal India circa 1710. Two of these are now in the Cleveland Museum of Art, inv.nos 2013⁄336 and 2013⁄337.
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Barney Bartlett
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For more information on this lot, see the entry for lot 74 in the present sale.