Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Islamic & Indian Art ft. Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345
Auction: Indian Art | Lots 67 to 83 | 12 June at 10am
pen and ink, gouache and some gold on paper, laid down on an album page, inner border with gold floral motifs on blue and buff grounds, gold sprinkled outer border. All of the landscape in the background apart from the cloud in the upper left hand corner has been added sometime after 1988. This is not mentioned in the catalogue description.
14.1cm x 10.7cm (5 ½in x 4 ½in)
Christie’s, Important Islamic, Indian and South-east Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art, 12th April 1988, lot 114 [as Mughal, circa 1650-70].
Sotheby’s, The Indian Sale, 23rd May 2006, lot 79.
Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art including Sikh Treasures and the Arts of the Punjab, 23 October 2018, lot 109.