19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
Gujarat, West India, 15th century
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Gujarat, West India, 15th century
Opaque pigments, black and red ink, and gold on paper, 7ll. to the page of Prakrit text in Jain nagari script, the front with a panel miniature in gold, red, and blue with black outlines, depicting a ruler seated on a throne-like high chair, giving audience to a prisoner being held by the hair by a courtly soldier, the reverse with three diamond-shaped gold markers, ruled in red and decorated in blue, catchwords in black, within red and gold rules.
10.5cm x 26cm
Provenance: Private German collection, acquired in the 1970s.
Sold for £344
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Gujarat, West India, 15th century
Opaque pigments, black and red ink, and gold on paper, 7ll. to the page of Prakrit text in Jain nagari script, the front with a panel miniature in gold, red, and blue with black outlines, depicting a ruler seated on a throne-like high chair, giving audience to a prisoner being held by the hair by a courtly soldier, the reverse with three diamond-shaped gold markers, ruled in red and decorated in blue, catchwords in black, within red and gold rules.
10.5cm x 26cm
Provenance: Private German collection, acquired in the 1970s.
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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Viewing:
13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
17th June - 10:00 - 17:00
18th June - 10:00 - 17:00
