AN INDIAN SILVER-OVERLAID HARDWOOD PALACE DOORWAY

LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, GUJARAT OR SOUTHWESTERN RAJASTHAN

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AN INDIAN SILVER-OVERLAID HARDWOOD PALACE DOORWAY
Late 18th/19th century, Gujarat or Southwestern Rajasthan
The hinged doors each with a rectangular panel at the bottom decorated in relief with a stylized lotus centering a crowned princely head, a strutting peacock in each corner, the upper openwork section with arched cusped top, the whole of each door bordered with bands of scrolling foliate vine, the lintel above with a central panel containing a seated jina flanked by flying apsaras, a square lotus capital on each side, the doorjambs decorated with bands of foliate designs, the base with a pair of stylized lion masks and elephants
90¾in. (230.5cm.) high, 68in. (173cm.) wide, 11½in. (29cm.) deep

Provenance

Sold Sotheby's Indian and Southeast Asian Art, New York, 21 September 1995, lot 155.

Lot Essay

The jina depicted in the lintel of the doorway, as well as the style of the faces rendered in the doorway panels, suggests that this doorway was in a royal residence in Gujurat or southwestern Rajasthan.

For a large silver-overlaid shrine from this region see Sotheby's New York, 23 March 1995, lot 145.

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