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A PAIR OF LARGE RED SANDSTONE COLUMNS
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A PAIR OF LARGE RED SANDSTONE COLUMNS

MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF LARGE RED SANDSTONE COLUMNS
MUGHAL INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
On square base, with fluted shaft bordered by bands of lotus and acanthus leaves
74 3/8 x 15 3/5in. (189 x 40 cm.)
Provenance
With Spink & Son by 1999
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 23 May 2006, Lot 75
Special notice
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Lot Essay

These fluted columns with foliate decoration are similar to elegantly carved Mughal marble columns in the Bhadon Pavilion of the Red Fort in New Delhi, dating from circa 1638-48. A closer comparison can be drawn with sandstone columns of a slightly more bulbous form from Suraj Bhawan at Deeg palace, in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, which were built in the first half of the 18th century (ill. Alfieri, 2000, p.288). Another comparable pair of Mughal marble columns, dated to the 18th century, sold at Bonhams, London, 7 October 2014, lot 279.

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