ID 828743
Lot 99 | A BEAUTY WORSHIPPING SHIVA
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
THE PAINTING MUGHAL DELHI OR LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1760; THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED MIR 'ALI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Recto opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set between light and dark blue borders with gold floral decoration, on gold speckled album leaf with gold identification cartouche on upper margin, verso with 17ll. of black nasta'liq with dense gold and polychrome illumination, within cream border with floral gold decoration and gold and polychrome rules, later typed sale label below
Painting 6 1/2 x 4 1/8in. (16.5 x 10.5cm.); calligraphy 8 x 5 1/2in. (20.3 x 14cm.); album page 19 x 13 1/4in. (48.5 x 33.5cm.)
Provenance
Sir Elijah Impey, first Chief Justice of Bengal (1774-83)
With Maggs Bros Ltd in the 1980's
Special notice
We will invoice under standard VAT rules and VAT will be charged at 20% on both the hammer price and buyer’s premium and shown separately on our invoice.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Gold, Paper, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Calligraphy, Paintings |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Gold, Paper, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Calligraphy, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |




