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Fan frame with the fourteen monuments of India
Probably Delh…
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142
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Fan frame with the fourteen monuments of India
Probably Delh…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,600 - €1,800
Voluntary lot
Description
Fan frame with the fourteen monuments of India
Probably Delhi, circa 1880
Opaque pigments on ivory°, silver mounts. The set is presented in its original fan-shaped mahogany frame, probably designed for the British collectors' market in India or London in the late XIXᵉ century.
Medallions 5.4 to 11 cm (2.1 to 4.3 in.); frame 34.5 x 66.5 cm (13.6 x 26.2 in.)
References
Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 313.
°Elephant spp (Elephantidae spp) ivory specimen declared under n°FR2401300104-K, in accordance with the AM of 4 May 2017 allowing the commercial use of antique Elephantidae ivory. For an exit from the EU, a CITES re-export will be required, this being at the expense of the future purchaser.
Each finely painted miniature depicts the great monuments of Mughal and colonial India: the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Qutb Minar and Arch Gate in Delhi, the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid mosque, Humayun's mausoleum, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, as well as several views of the British Raj.
A fan-shaped frame with 14 miniatures views of Indian monuments on ivory, India, Delhi, ca. 1880.
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