Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art - Online, 31243, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025

Page Size: 203 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
189	A nobleman and his sleeping mistress resting in a forest glade, approached by aristocratic companions and attendants	Jodhpur	second half of the 19th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 384.00
190	A prince seated against a bolster on a terrace	Rajasthan, perhaps Jodhpur	mid-19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 179.20
191	Kali trampling on the prostrate Siva	Jaipur	early 19th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,048.00
192	Radha and Krishna beneath a canopy on a terrace with female attendants	Jaipur	circa 1850	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 217.60
193	Siva and Parvati	Jaipur	circa 1850	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 256.00
194	A shrine of Sri Nath-Ji with devotees, dancers and musicians	Jaipur	second half of the 19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
195	A mother and daughter playing with doves at a balcony window	Jaipur	late 18th/early 19th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 384.00
196	Fluting Krishna observing naked maidens disporting themselves in a palace pool	Jaipur	late 19th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
197	A scene from the story of Dhola Marvani: Dhola, the prince, seated with a maiden on a terrace, an elephant and a tiger in the foreground, alongside two guards smoking a hookah in the palace grounds	Marwar	circa 1820	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 486.40
198	A prince and his mistress at a balcony window, holding a cup and a bottle; and a ragamala scene, probably Asavari ragini, depicting a maiden and a flute-player charming snakes	Jaipur	mid-19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 460.80
199	Maharana Sarup Singh (reg. 1842-61) hunting boar on horseback	Udaipur	circa 1850-60	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
200	Princes and their attendants hunting tigers	Rajasthan, Jaipur	second half of the 19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
201	Two paintings depicting a maiden reclining on a terrace, and a scene from a romance	Jaipur	late 19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 217.60
202	A nobleman standing by a willow tree	Rajasthan	late 19th Century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 512.00
203	A manuscript in scroll form, with thirteen paintings depicting figures from Hindu mythology	North India or Rajasthan	19th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,920.00
204	A group of modern paintings in imitation of earlier originals	India	20th Century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 102.40
205	A courtesan performing her toilette	Kotah	circa 1830	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,216.00
205A	Maharajah Ram Singh of Kotah (reg. 1827-65) on horseback hunting buffalo on a hillside	Kotah	circa 1850	GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	Not Sold
206	A ruler seated on a terrace with courtiers and an attendant	Rajasthan, probably Kotah	circa 1840-50	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
207	A prince in an erotic embrace with his mistress on a divan, while a female attendant stands nearby	Rajasthan, perhaps Sawar	18th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
208	A large painted cotton Pabuji Hanging	Rajasthan	first half of the 20th Century	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 307.20
209	An illustration from a Bhagavata Purana series	Datia	circa 1800	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
210	Krishna enthroned with attendants	South India, Tanjore	late 19th/early 20th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 704.00
211	A printed illustrated abridgement of the Shiva Purana, in Tamil	India, probably Bombay or Calcutta	late 19th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 896.00
212	A palm-leaf manuscript, probably on Hindu religious subjects, with painted wood covers	Orissa	18th-19th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,024.00

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