Carved screen, 4 parts
A fine wood Screen
Northern India, circa 1880
comprising 4 graduated hinged sections with scalloped top, pierced and carved, the the sections variously with openwork fields with scrolling fruit-bearing leafy vines, profuse leafy fronds and undulating floral vines
224 x 3 x 206 cm.
Estimate:
£1,500 - 2,000
€1,800 - 2,400
US$ 2,300 - 3,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the late Sir R.D. Sethna, (1854 - 1933) of Esplanade House, Bombay, adviser and lawyer of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda (reg. 1875 - 1939); acquired by the present owner's father circa 1970.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art


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