Islamic & Indian Art

A FRAGMENTARY CARVED RED SANDSTONE STATUE OF LORD SHIVA Possibly Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, India, 11th - 12th centuryThe bust of the Hindu deit...

A CARVED RED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF FEMALE WARRIORS PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION Madhya Pradesh, Chandela period, 12th - 13th centuryCar...

A SMALL CARVED SANDSTONE STELE WITH FOUR-ARMED GANESHA Possibly Vietnam or Cambodia, South East Asia, 13th - 15th centuryCarved with a four-armed ...

SCENES OF DEVOTION: OFFERINGS TO GANESHA AND LORD SHIVA Possibly Murshidabad, West Bengal, Eastern India, ca. 1780 - 1880Opaque pigments, ink, pen...

A CARVED RED SANDSTONE FEMALE BUST Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, late Chandela period, 12th centuryCarved on three sides, presenting the bust of a ...

A CARVED WOODEN GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED YAKSHINI STATUE Possibly Karnataka or Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 18th - 19th centuryCarved in the rou...

A PAIR OF HARDWOOD POLYCHROME-PAINTED LACQUERED SOUTHERN INDIAN MARAPACHI DOLLS (MARAPACHI BOMMAIS) Possibly Karnataka or Tamil Nadu, Southern Ind...

A CARVED WOODEN GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED STATUE OF A WINGED APSARA Possibly Karnataka or Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 18th centuryCarved in the ...

A TINTED DRAWING OF A TRADITIONAL NORTH INDIAN RED-HOODED TONJON PALANQUIN Possibly Benares, India, ca. 1880 - 1900, attributed to Madhu and Beni ...

AN INDIAN MONUMENTAL BRASS TEMPLE TOY ELEPHANT CHARIOT WITH ITS HOWDAH (COVERED BACK CARRIAGE) Maharashtra or Karnataka, Western India, 18th centu...

THE YOUNG MAHARAJA SAWAI OF AMBER, PRITHVI SINGH II (1762 - 1778), RIDING AN ELEPHANT PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Jaipur, Rajasth...

AN INDIAN BRASS ELEPHANT-SHAPED CONTAINER India, 18th - 19th centuryIn the shape of an elephant clad with ceremonial trappings, tassels, and a tal...

A REPOUSSÉ SILVER SCROLL HOLDER Possibly Turkey or India for the Turkish market, 20th centuryOf typical cylindrical shape, with dome-shaped termin...

TEN INDIAN BRONZE BOTTLES AND ESSENCE HOLDERS India, 18th and 19th centuriesComprising two fish-shaped cast essence holders without stoppers, the ...

THREE MINIATURE SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE FIGURINES OF UMA / PARVATI Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 17th - 18th centuryComprising two miniature figurines ...

A SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE ANTHROPOMORPHISED FIGURINE OF VISHNU'S VAHANA (MOUNT), GARUDA Tamil Nadu, Southern India, post-Vijayanagara period, mid-17th...

A LARGE DHOKRA BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A HOLY COW Orissa (Odisha), Eastern India, 18th - 19th centuryIn the shape of a holy cow adorned with ceremonia...

AN ENGRAVED BRASS BETEL NUT CUTTER WITH A HOLY COW Possibly Central or Southern India, 19th centuryIn the shape of a cow bending forward, with inw...

A CARVED BLACK STEATITE FIGURINE OF BAL KRISHNA SUCKING HIS TOE Possibly Sindh or Punjab, Northern India, 19th centuryCarved in the round, present...

A NIELLOED THAI SILVER SAUCER Thailand, South East Asia, 20th centuryDesigned in the shape of a leaf of the Peepal tree (also known as Bodhi Tree,...

AN INDIAN DEVOTIONAL WHITE METAL ENAMELLED PENDANT WITH SHRI NATH JI INVOCATION Possibly Lucknow, Awadh (Oudh), or Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, late ...

TWO SMALL SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE FIGURAL FINIALS OF LORD KRISHNA Tamil Nadu, Southern India, Vijayanagara period, mid-16th to mid-17th centuryCompris...

A CARVED AND PIERCED SANDALWOOD LIDDED BOX WITH KALINGA NARDHANA Mysore, Karnataka, Southern India, 19th centuryOf rectangular shape, surmounted b...

A PAINTING FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: THE BIRTH OF BALARAMA Possibly Guler, Punjab Hills, North India, late 18th - early 19th centuryOpaque p...

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RUKMINI HARAN SERIES: BALARAMA FIGHTING THE ARMIES OF SHISHUPALA PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Possibly Mandi ...

A SOUTH INDIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED BRONZE FIGURINE OF LORD KRISHNA PLAYING THE FLUTE Possibly Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 18th - early 19th century...

KRISHNA SHELTERING HIS BELOVED RADHA FROM A STORM APPROACHING Kangra, Pahari Hills, Northern India, second half 19th centuryOpaque pigments heigh...

EIGHT LOOSE ILLUSTRATIONS TO A BIHARI SATSAI SERIES: THE GREAT ROMANCE OF RADHA AND KRISHNA Garhwal, Pahari School, Punjab Hills, Northern India,...

A NAYIKA RETURNING TO HER QUARTERS LATE AT NIGHT Kangra, Pahari Hills, Northern India, second half 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with go...

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BIHARI SATSAI SERIES: THE LOVER DEPARTING Kangra, Pahari Hills, Northern India, second half 19th centuryOpaque pigments heigh...

A RAJPUT RULER SEEKING ADVICE FROM KRISHNA Possibly Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on pap...

PARASHURAMA SLAYING THE HAIHAYA KING KARTAVIRYA ARJUNA Thanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments, ink, and gold...

A LARGE ENTHRONEMENT SCENE WITH LORD RAMA AND HIS CONSORT SITA (RAMA DURBAR) Thanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th centuryOpaque p...

LORD RAMA AND SITA ENTHRONED PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Possibly Guler or Garhwal, Pahari Hills, Northern India, ca. 1810 - 1820O...

LORD RAMA'S CORONATION SCENE IN AYODHYA Mewar, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on pape...

HANUMAN'S DEVOTION TO RAMA AND LAKSHMANA PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, second half 19th cen...

AN ENTHRONEMENT SCENE OF LORD RAMA (RAMA DURBAR) Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, early 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold o...

LORD RAMA IN OBEISANCE TO A COMPOSITE MYTHICAL CREATURE WITH SHIVA'S HEAD PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Possibly Mewar, Rajasthan, N...

HARIHARA SEATED ON A LOTUS FLOWER Basohli style, possibly Pahari Hills, Northern India, 20th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on wove ...

A LARGE CAST BRASS SHIVA LINGAM COVER WITH NAGAS Maharashtra, Western India, 19th centuryCast in two parts, the cover resembling the face of the H...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: THE BHAIRAVI RAGINI OF BHAIRAVA RAGA PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Jodhpur, Rajasthan, Nort...

A CAST BRASS SHAIVA TEMPLE BELL WITH NANDI THE BULL Southern India, 17th - 18th centuryOf typical splayed conical shape, rising to a baluster-shap...

THREE TANJORE SILVER AND COPPER-OVERLAID VESSELS Thanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, Southern India, late 19th - early 20th centuryComprising two lot...

A FEMALE DEVOTEE MAKING AN OFFERING Possibly Awadh (Oudh), Northern India, ca. 1760 - 1780Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the verti...

A LARGE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE SHAIVA CEREMONIAL BUTA MASK Tulunadu, Karnataka and Kerala, Southern India, 18th - 19th centuryDesigned as an anthrop...

BRAHMA AND INDRA WORSHIPPING LORD VISHNU Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, ca. 1880 – 1920Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the...

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: THE VEDIC GOD INDRA SLAYING DITI'S NEWBORN BABY PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Mewar (U...

AN ILLUSTRATED PAGE FROM A JAIN MANUSCRIPT: THE WORSHIP OF A TIRTHANKARA BY TWO HINDU GODS Possibly Gujarat or Rajasthan, North-Western India, 18t...

TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A DEVI BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES: TWO MAHAVIDYA GODDESSES, CHHINNAMASTA AND TARA Possibly Murshidabad school, West Bengal, Ea...

A DEVOTIONAL PANEL OF THE TEN HINDU TANTRIC GODDESSES (MAHAVIDYA) Possibly Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, Eastern India, second half 19th centur...

AN INDIAN COPPER ALLOY DEVOTIONAL VILAKKU OIL LAMP WITH GAJALAKSHMI India, 19th centuryWith a flared and stepped cylindrical base with an everted ...

A KALIGHAT PAINTING OF THE HINDU GODDESS KALI PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, Eastern India, 20th cen...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: THE ASAVARI RAGINI OF SHRI RAGA PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Possibly Sirohi, Rajasthan, No...

AN INDIAN FAN WITH IRIDESCENT GREEN BEETLE WINGS Possibly Pahari province, Himalayan Foothills or Rajasthan, Northern India, 18th centuryThe lobed...

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: THE ABHIRI RAGINI OF HINDOL RAGA Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Eastern India, ca. 1700 - 1730Opaque pigments and i...

A BIDRI BRASS AND SILVER-INLAID FLY WHISK (CHAUR SAHIB) HANDLE WITH FLOWER GRID MOTIF Bidar, Deccan, Central India, 19th centuryWith a tapering ba...

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: THE TODI RAGINI OF HINDOL RAGA PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Possibly Northern Deccan or Bikan...

λ A POLYCHROME-PAINTED, IVORY-INLAID TAMBURA WITH HINDU ICONOGRAPHY Possibly Gwalior State or Maharashtra, Central India, mid to late 19th century...

A LADY SMOKING A HUQQA ON A TERRACE PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, Pahari Hills, Northern India, ca. 1800 -...

A PENSIVE LADY SMOKING A HUQQA IN THE WILDERNESS PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION Mughal Style, possibly Northern India or Deccan, late...