A BATHING BEAUTY

Lot 91
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 107 100
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 828840
Lot 91 | A BATHING BEAUTY
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
A BATHING BEAUTY

THE PAINTING INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY AHMADNAGAR, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MALIK, SAFAVID IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY

Verso with a drawing of a nude girl holding a translucent muslin skirt, on gold ground illustrated with floral bushes in bright opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver, within gold and polychrome rules and gold-speckled margins, recto with an illuminated calligraphic panel with five lines of fine black nasta'liq written diagonally, signed Malik, within gold and polychrome rules and gold-speckled orange margins

Painting 8 5/8 x 5 3/4in. (22 x 14.5cm.); calligraphic panel 9 x 5 3/4in. (22.8 x 14.5cm.); folio 11 3/4 x 7 3/4in. (29.8 x 19.8cm.)





Provenance

Franz Schaurte, Germany, (d. 1922)

Thence by descent to previous owner
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
27.10.2022 – 27.10.2022
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms