Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets

Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets

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A LONG PAINTED COTTON TENT PANEL (QANAT) FRAGMENT, NORTH INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

June 10, 06:00 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A LONG PAINTED COTTON TENT PANEL (QANAT) FRAGMENT, NORTH INDIA, 17TH CENTURY


painted and resist dyed cotton with one very long floral stem in a niche


500 by 111cm.


Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.

Please note that this lot is dated to the 17th/18th century

A similar fragment to the present lot is in the AEDTA Collection, Paris, Inv.No.1154, illustrated as fig.4a in Hali, Issue 54, 1990 p.121. For other similar examples please also see Robert Skelton (ed.), The Indian Heritage: Court Life & Arts under Mughal Rule, London 1982, no.212 and Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1988, The Heeramaneck Collection of Indian Sculpture, Paintings and Textiles, lot 148. Two additional similar niches are in the Calico Museum (acc.n.801) and in the Baroda Museum, (acc.no.I.A.764). A similar, smaller, fragment, sold in these rooms, 27 April 2005, lot 1.