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FOR TWO SIMILAR PAINTINGS BY THE ARTIST SOLD IN THESE ROOMS SEE 23 OCTOBER 1997, LOT 454.
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BIDRI HOOKAH BASE,
GOUACHE AND GOLD IN RELIEF ON GREEN CARD, MODELLED AND PAINTED TO RESSEMBLE A BELL-SHAPED HOOKAH OF TYPICAL FORM, THE BODY AND NECK DECORATED WITH CARTOUCHES OF FLOWERING PLANTS WITHIN FLOWERING VINE BORDERS; AND A RAM'S HEAD HANDLED DAGGER AND SCABBARD, REALISTICALLY PAINTED MODELLED AND GEM-INSET, THE HANDLE AND TOP OF THE DAGGER AND TOP OF THE SCABBARD SHOWN, BOTH BY RAMESH SHARMA, JAIPUR, 20TH CENTURY - 27.8 X 22.8CM.
SEE ILLUSTRATION FOR ONE (2)
GOUACHE AND GOLD IN RELIEF ON GREEN CARD, MODELLED AND PAINTED TO RESSEMBLE A BELL-SHAPED HOOKAH OF TYPICAL FORM, THE BODY AND NECK DECORATED WITH CARTOUCHES OF FLOWERING PLANTS WITHIN FLOWERING VINE BORDERS; AND A RAM'S HEAD HANDLED DAGGER AND SCABBARD, REALISTICALLY PAINTED MODELLED AND GEM-INSET, THE HANDLE AND TOP OF THE DAGGER AND TOP OF THE SCABBARD SHOWN, BOTH BY RAMESH SHARMA, JAIPUR, 20TH CENTURY - 27.8 X 22.8CM.
SEE ILLUSTRATION FOR ONE (2)