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Lot No. 14
A Folio from a dispersed illustrated folio from the Gulistan of Sa’di: Pari offering Magic Potion to a Princess
Provincial Mughal, Awadh or Delhi
Circa 1800
Opaque watercolour with gold on Wasli
Image 9.4 x 5.5 in. (24 x 14 cm.)
Folio 11.4 x 7.5 in. (29.2 x 19.2 cm.)
Provenance: The collection of Claude (d.2010) and Francoise Bourelier, sold at Salle Drouot, Paris, 8th July 2015.
The Bourelier collection included fifty Indian miniatures which the couple had acquired in the 1970s in the sale of the renowned library of Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872), one of the greatest book collectors of the nineteenth century who had amassed 40,000 books and 60,000 manuscripts.
Estimate: ₹2,50,000 - ₹3,50,000

Lot No. 16
A Prince Aims an Arrow at a Tiger at Night
Provincial Mughal, at Delhi or Awadh
1780-1800
Opaque water-based pigments with gold embellishment on Wasli, laid down on an album folio with salmon and blue innerdecorative margins. Ruled lines and wide natural buff outer borders.
Image 8.6 x 6.1 in. (22 x 15.5 cm.)
Folio 16.1 x 11.2 in. (41 x 28 cm.)
Estimate: ₹1,00,000 - ₹1,50,000