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Estate & Collector — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:372
Sale Title:Estate & CollectorLots with images:371
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:269
Date:2-Jun-2019
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Initialled K Z, Eastern temple, mixed media on card, 32 x 23 cm
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Artist unknown, still life with flowers & fruit. Signed illeg. Lower right, oil on canvas on board, 74 x 74 cm
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Simpson, Joseph (British 1879-1939), 'The Bohemian' (Robert Louis Stevenson), signed in pencil, & titled in pencil below mount, etching 14/50 2nd state, 26.5 x 17.5 cm
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Russian school, signed, 'Korean House Boy,' 1943. Inscribed verso as painted by Russian prisoner of war, enamel on board, 44 x 30 cm
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Artist unknown, signed, 'Woman I,' 1985, mixed media on canvas, 117 x 91 cm
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French school, Mediterranean landscape, possibly Cannes, oil on canvas, 32 x 54 cm
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Guerin, Georges (French 1910-?), Parisian Street scene, oil on canvas on board, 45 x 57 cm
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Phillips, Tom (British b.1937), 'O Raisins O Chateau' depicting 5 vineyards; Olynchbarges, Chevalier, Chateau Suduraut, Haut Brion & Lafite, lithograph in colour, A/P various numbers (5), 50 x 62 cm each?
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Haygarth, R (British school), British river landscape with Ruins,1842, signed & inscribed lower right 'R Haygarth, 118 Richmond Row', pencil, 32 x 45 cm
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Martens, Alfred (Danish 1801-1878), village view with Canal, oil on panel, 12 x 17 cm
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European school, artist unknown, Alpine village in winter, oil on panel, 9 x 15.5 cm
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European school (2), Percy Westwood (British 1878-?) 'Avignon,' etching (26 x 7.5 cm); & signed illeg, country Road, aquatint (25 x 17 cm)
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Olsson, Julius (British 1864-1942), 'Summer Shower', watercolour, 17.5 x 25 cm
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Folio Miscellaneous unframed artworks, including. Original ink wash sketch by Jack Kilgour, numerous Australian c1970s/80s etchings & prints. Also miscellaneous international works, some early
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French school (3), after Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, 'La Passagere Du 54,' lithograph 191/275, Musee Toulouse-Lautrec blindstamp lower left (61 x 43 cm image); after Louis Marcoussis, Nature Morte, (lithograph attrib Mourlot (24 x 41 cm image); & Ferdinand Jean Luigini, harbour scene, aquatint 1st state 2/6 (19 x 24 cm)
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Piatti, Celestino (Swiss 1922-2007) (2), 'Sonnen Frau Auf Blauem Grund,' watercolour, ink & gouache (30 x 23 cm); & Owls, woodblock (53 x 25 cm)
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Jamnikova, Ludmila (Czech b.1926) (7), various, 'Blue Church,' 1967, s/print 3/15 (45 x 33 cm); 'Town Fountain,' 1964 s'print (34 x 24 cm); 'Fish Platter,' 1964, s/print (21 x 30 cm); 'Red Church,' 1968, s/print (20 x 15 cm); 'Fish,' 1977, etching (6.5 x 8 cm); 'Target,' 1979, etching (12 x 8 cm); abstract, 1968, etching (11 x 6 cm)
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Horanek, Jaroslav (Czech 1925-1995) (6), various, untitled, abstract skull, ink & mixed media (30 x 20 cm); red & blue abstract, s/print (21.5 x 10.5 cm); abstract, etching 8/10 (59.5 x 34.5 cm); abstract, with bird, 1967, etching 6/10 (68 x 39 cm); abstract, 1969, exhibition poster, on silver metallic (86 x 61 cm overall); & Abstact with face, 1978, etching (12.5 x 8.5 cm)
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Various (7), Chris Fussell, 'Window, 1/4, 196?' s/print (43 x 30 cm); Pavel Sukdolak 'Modern Labyrinth 500,' coloured etching 4/20 (50 x 48 cm); Benita Sanders, 'Relief,' 1963, coloured etching (19 x 24 cm); artist unknown, 'Building with Urn,' 1962, s/print 3/12 (39 x 49 cm); Elsa? 'Kangaroo,' s/print (46 x 35 cm); Lichu? 'Cat, 1965, screenprint (39 x 44 cm); &, John, Abstract Landscape, 1966, Etching 10/20 (40 x 49 cm)
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Artist unknown, (4), nude studies, pencil & mixed media (4), 38 x 51 cm (largest)
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Various 18th & 19th century British drawings etc. Mostly landscape pencil sketches, including. Samuel Prout & John Varley. Also 2 small watercolours, ink, pencil & watercolour (17), 13 x 20 cm (average)
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Various (5), Charlotte Buresova, 'Floral Study,' 1954, watercolour (22 x 15 cm); Vincent Vingler, 'Rooster,' 1970, pencil (28 x 20 cm); Audrey Russell, 'Outdoor Figure Group,' 1966, linocut (27 x 22 cm); Lesley Pockley, 'San Miguel,' ink (32 x 24 cm); & John Nicoll, 'Nude Study,' 1968, lithograph (38 x 25 cm)
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Eight various 16th -18th century copper engravings - maps & Genealogies, of Royalty, Bohemia & Prague, including. Braun & Hogenberg, 'Praga, Bohemiae Metropolis Accuratissime Expressa,' 1575 (19 x 46 cm); Gabriel Bodenehr, map of 'Praag,' c1720 (17.5 x 28 cm); Henri Chaterlain, 'Genealogical Map of Dukes & Kings of Bohemia...' c1714 (38 x 95 cm); Henri Chaterlain, 'Regional Map of Southern Poland, Bohemia & Moravia...' c1714 (48 x 63 cm); Thomas salmon / Giambattista ALBRIZZIi, 'La Citta Di Praga,'…
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Eleven various early European etchings & engravings, Piranesi, 'Veduta Della Piazza Di Monte Cavallo,' etching (37 x 54 cm); Romeyn De Hooge, 'De Verovering Van Bon,' etching (18 x 30 cm); Oswald Briely, 'Fort Nottich, Bomaround,' Aug 1854, lithograph (23 x 24 cm); Jakob van der Schley (4), 'Isle Moa,' 'Habitano De l' Isle Rotterdam,' 'Isle Takel,' & 'Isle Amsterdam & Isle St Paul,' coloured engravings (16 x 11.5 cm each); Nicholas petit (2) 'Timor,' & 'Afrique Australe,' from Freycinet atlas, coloured…
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Rowlandson, Thomas (British 1756-1827) (4), 'The Welch Sailor's Mistake Or Tars in Conversation,' (21 x 31 cm) pub. 1808; 'A Nincompoop Or Hen Peck'd Husband,' (29.5 x 22 cm) pub. 1807; 'Peter Plumb's Diary,' (20 x 32 cm) pub. 1810; & 'An Old Ewe Drest Lamb Fashion,' (21 x 33 cm). Each published by Thomas Tegg, 111 Cheapside, original hand coloured engraving (4). Provenance: collection of Elizabeth Fell
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18 series of engravings, from 'Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages…' depicting views & inhabitants of Pacific Islands, including. 'A Family in Dusk Bay, New Zealand,' & 'A Woman of Van Diemen's Lamd, 20 x 33 cm (Average)
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11 series of engravings. From 'Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages...' most published by Alexander Hogg, Paternoster row, including, views & portraits of the lands & inhabitants of the Americas. Nootka sound, Christmas sound (Tierra del Fuego), Patagonia etc, 24 x 39 cm (average)
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17 series of engravings. Mostly from 'Folio of Plates to Captain Cook's Voyages…' depicting Siberia, Kamtschatka & Ounalashka (Alaska), 10 x 17 cm (smallest), 22 x 36 cm (largest)
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Hogarth, William (British 1697-1764), 'The Harlot's Progress,' 5 of 6 (plate 4 missing), copper engravings (5), 32 x 39 cm (each)
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Hogarth, William (British 1697-1764), 'The Polling,' plate III, pub. 1758; & 'An Election Entertainment,' plate I, pub. 1755, copper engravings (2), 43 x 56 cm (each)
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Hogarth, William (British 1697-1764), 'The Rake's Progress,' 7 of 8 (plate 5 missing), copper engraving (7), 36 x 40 cm (each)
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Three various 19th century engravings, after Hogarth, 'Sigismonda,' pub. Boydel, 1795 (32 x 41 cm); after Hogarth, 'England,' pub. Robinson, 1799 (33 x 40 cm); & George Cruikshank, 'Game of Chess,' pub. McLean, 1835 (24 x 34 cm), copper engravings (3)
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Hooked boomerang. Provenance: E x De Kooning collection; e x private collection, South Australia, height 78 cm
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Angular/Hooked boomerang (jumping type), strong aerofoil cross section. NSW/Victoria. Provenance: E x Jim Davidson; e x private collection, South Australia, length 62 cm
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Boomerang, classic decoration to the front, & fluted decoration to the reverse. Coopers Creek, South Australia, length 61 cm
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Western NSW 'Lil Lil' throwing club, A-147 marked to club. Provenance: Ex Stanley Moriarty collection, length 62 cm
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Early boomerang, WA. Stoneworked. Acacia wood, wide aerofoil section, length 59 cm
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Early Australian boomerang. Stone worked with traces of original red ochre. with gift inscription in ink, dated 1929-1930, length 66 cm
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Aboriginal carved & decorated figure, with stand, natural earth pigments on wood, length 68 cm
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Long deeply curved Spearthrower, with unusual incised decoration to the reverse & with traces of rubbed ochre. Central Australia. Provenance: E x private collection South Australia, length 97 cm
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Woomera, Kimberley Region. Wear patination & small, old losses, length 89 cm
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19th century slender spear thrower, dark patina & with carved peg. Provenance: E x private collection London; e x private collection South Australia, length 67 cm
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Central Australian classic shape spear thrower, dark patina, with spinife x handle & scraper. Provenance: E x private collection Sydney, length 73 cm
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19th century boomerang-woomera, with ochre rubbed finish. Bloomfield River, Queensland. Provenance: Ex Stanley Moriarty. 73 cm
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Cape York spear thrower, with shell & yellow fibre decoration. Provenance: E x De Kooning collection, South Australia. 71 cm
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Two Central Australian spears, with barbed heads, length 260 cm (longest)
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Seven various Arnhem land spears, length 285 cm (longest)
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Three Central Australian spears, one with barbed head, length 300 cm (longest)
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Two Milne Bay Massim spears, length 280 cm (each)
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Three Solomon Island spears, hardwood barbed spears, one with woven decoration, 2 carved & incised, length 327 cm (longest)
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Two ceremonial dance spears. Tiwi Islands. Carved hardwood with ochre decoration & use patina. Shortened shafts, length 110 cm
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Arnhem land ceremonial sword club, string bound grip. Traces of original ochre decoration, small losses to hilt terminals, length 150 cm
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Early 19th century mulga club, with octagonal head, South Australia/Victoria, length 56 cm
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Two Australian Aboriginal throwing clubs, Tiwi Island & south East Australia, length 44 cm (each)
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Two Aboriginal message sticks. with traces of original ochre decoration. Very dark age patina, length 34 cm & 28 cm
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Large West Australian Aboriginal shield. with stone incised geometric decoration, length 75 cm
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Aboriginal carved wood message stick. Incised geometric decoration. Very fine striated tips. Natural earth pigments, length 64 cm
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Mulga wood Coolamon. 43 cm
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Early to mid 20th century Coolamon, large, hand adzed coolamon, length 79 cm
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Rare old bowl (Apia nie) Matty Island (Wuvulu), Wuvulu Island, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Iterature: the unique hourglass-shaped bowls, or apia nie, created on the islands of Wuvulu and Aua embody the spare, minimalist aesthetic of Micronesian Art. Still made today, apia nie are used specifically to collect coconut milk, extracted by squeezing balls of grated coconut meat over the bowl. the wide shallow ends of the bowls curve gently downward toward the deeper center, in which the freshly squeezed…
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Papua New Guinea 'Fofana' chest ornament. Woven fibre, nassa & ovula shell. Bena Bena, Eastern Highlands. Together with, a earthenware cooking pot, height 28 cm, width 33 cm
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Two Indonesian implements, ritual spoon & stopper. Both squatting figural terminals, height 32 cm & 18 cm
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Tumbuan dance costume, middle Sepik river area. Collected c1966, height 133 cm
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Mwai mask costume, Latmul people, middle Sepik river. Collected c1966, height 133 cm
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Abelam lintel head. Decorated with polychrome natural pigments, height 43 cm
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Papua New Guinea Ablem mens hut mask, large woven rattan mask with natural earth pigments, 190 x 104 cm
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Batik on silk (159 x 95 cm); & tapa cloth mounted on board (120 x 135 cm). Provenance: collection of Elizabeth Fell,
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North American ceremonial mask, Hopi Kachina mask. Carved wood with polychrome decoration, height 26 cm
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North American ceremonial mask. Opi Kachina mask. Carved wood with polychrome decoration. Animal fur 'Hair', height 30 cm
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Large Inuit soapstone carving, mother and child, height 29 cm
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Three Inuit soapstone carvings, each signed to base, one with Canadian Govt 'Igloo' sticker, height 12 cm (tallest)
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Indian school, portrait of Emperor & Goddess Bahuchara Mata, astride her rooster. Each of her four hands holding item of regalia, gouache, ink & gilt, 31 x 27 cm
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Indian school, portrait of Emperor, with Jaipur Govt. Seals, gouache, ink & gilt, 31 x 22.5 cm
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Indian school (2), Emperor seated in pavilion with courtiers, gouache, ink & gilt (2), 43 x 34 cm, & 42 x 29.5 cm
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Indo-Persian illuminated manuscript page, fine detailed painting of an Emperor hunting lions. Seated in an aborial platform with a Toradar (matchlock musket), 16 x 7.5 cm
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Portrait of an elephant & Mahout, caparisoned elephant wearing bells (possibly a Royal fighting elephant), watercolour & gilt on card, 21 x 27 cm
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Indian school, interior with seated young nobleman, inscription lower right, pencil, gouache, watercolour, ink & gilt, 20 x 16 cm
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Mughal portrait of an Emperor, possibly Muhammad Shah (1719-48), gouache, ink & gilt, 30 x 14 cm
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Two Mughal illuminated book Pages, portraits of nobleman & lady, with floral borders & nasta'liq calligraphy. Script verso to each, gouache, ink & gilt (2), 25 x 16 cm (each)
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Two Mughal illuminated book Pages, depicting courting couples in pavilions. Each with a figure observing from the margins. Nasta'liq inscriptions to margins, gouache, ink & gilt (2), 28 x 18 cm, & 26 x 14 cm
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Two Mughal illuminated book Pages, both depicting noblemen & courtiers in pavilions. One with nasta'liq calligraphy above, gouache, ink & gilt (2), 25 x 17 cm (each)
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Indian school, Noble couple smoking a Hookah in a pavilion, with four attendants, gouache, watercolour & ink on card, 29 x 23 cm
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Pair Mughal paintings, one depicting courtiers & supplicants before a Prince, the other with various figures in a landscape. Both with decorative floral borders, gouache, ink & gilt on card (2), 40 x 29 cm each (sheet)
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Indian school, noblewoman in pavilion at night with seven attendants, gouache, ink & gilt on card, 36 x 28 cm
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Indian school illuminated book page, Noble couple on a dais in a courtyard, with two female attendants. with nasta'liq calligraphy, Guache & ink, 23 x 14 cm
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Pair Indian illuminated book Pages, one depicting a man with a chained slave, the other, two seated men in conversation, gouache & ink (2), 16 x 10 cm (each)
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Indian school, sketch of a woman in profile. Dated 31-12-81, pen & ink, 20 x 12 cm
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Mughal painting, Courtiers in a pavilion attending to a Prince, seated & with falcon. Decorative floral border, gouache, ink & gilt on card, 36 x 27 cm
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Indian illuminated book page, woman in profile holding lotus blossom, (magic circle verso?), gouache & ink, 25 x 20 cm
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Indian school, portrait of an Emperor Admiring a jewel, gouache, ink & gilt on card, 24 x 17 cm
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Portrait of a Mughal Emperor, seated outside on a golden throne. with floral decorated margins, gouache & ink on card, 29 x 20 cm
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Rare Indian school painting depicting Childbirth. Ouache & ink on card, 25 x 34 cm
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Indian illuminated book page, four women beside a river. with nasta'liq calligraphy, W'/Clr, gouache, ink & gilt, 28 x 18 cm
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Eight portraits of Indian Emperors, seven inscribed verso as representing personages from Bagroo (Bagru, Rajasthan), gouache, ink & gilt on card (8), 11 x 6 cm (each)
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Indo-Persian school, lovers in a garden, watercolour on silk or cotton, 47 x 30 cm
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19th century Persian school painted book cover, Qajar lacquered leather book binding. Hand painted with equestrian hunting scene, leather, 25 x 43 cm
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Two Persian miniatures. on ivory. Depicting a rich man and a beggar. Nb: export restricted, 12.5 x 8.5 cm
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Indo-Persian style Khanjar, fine wootz steel blade with swollen armour piercing tip. White hardstone pistol grip hilt with bird finial. in modern brocade scabbard, length 42 cm
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17th century Indian Katar. with bi-fabricated & serrated blade on a fine pierced Tanjore Armory hilt, length 36 cm
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19th century large hardwood & lacquer Buddha, Burma. 101 x 38 cm
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