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Property from a Private Collection, India

Nilima Sheikh

After Cover of a Divan of Shahi (Set of 2)

Auction Closed

October 26, 03:08 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, India

Nilima Sheikh

b. 1945

After Cover of a Divan of Shahi (Set of 2)


Gold paint and gouache on paper

Initialed and dated in Devanagari lower right and further initialed, dated, titled and inscribed 'NS 05 / Learning Drawings / After Cover of a Divan of Shahi', / Herat (?), 1520' on reverse; Initialed, dated, titled and inscribed 'NS 05 / Learning Drawings / After Cover of a Divan of Shahi, / Herat (?), 15th Century' on reverse

Bearing Chemould Prescott Road labels on backboard

24 x 16.6 cm. (9 ½ x 6 ½ in.); 23.7 x 16.5 cm. (9 ⅜ x 6 ½ in.)

Quantity: 2

Painted in 2005

Acquired from Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai, 2020

K. Sangari, Trace Retrace Paintings Nilima Sheikh, Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2013, illustration p. 369