JAMBAVAN KILLS A LION AND OBTAINS THE SYAMANTAKA JEWEL

Lot 87
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 87 | JAMBAVAN KILLS A LION AND OBTAINS THE SYAMANTAKA JEWEL
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
JAMBAVAN KILLS A LION AND OBTAINS THE SYAMANTAKA JEWEL
ATTRIBUTED TO FATTU, PUNJAB HILLS, INDIA, CIRCA 1760-65
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within black rules and red margins, the verso with 2ll. black and red devanagari describing the scene with 2ll. black takri above, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 11 1/8 x 15in. (28.3 x 38.2cm.); folio 12 ¼ x 16 ¼in. (31.1 x 41.3cm.)




Provenance

Mrs F.K. Smith, Sotheby's London, 3 February 1960, lot 53
Collection of the late Anthony Hobson (d.2014) sold Christie's London, 10 June 2015, lot 53



Literature

Simon Ray, Indian & Islamic Works of Art, exhibition catalogue, London, 2022, no.25, pp.74-75
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