Asta 269 Arte Islamica

Indian Art A miniature painting portraying a elderly nobleman India, possibly Deccan, 18th-19th century . . Cm 16,00 x 25,00. Provenance: Venetian private collection, Italy.

Indian Art Portrait of a Raja on a terrace India, Deccan, 19th century Pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 15,00 x 25,30. Provenance: Venetian private collection, Italy.

Indian Art A devotional scene with lord Krishna India, Central Rajasthan, 19th century . . Cm 34,50 x 24,50. Provenance: Venetian Private Collection, Italy.

Indian Art A miniature painting depicting women bathingIndia, Provincial Mughal, 18th-19th century Ink, pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 15,50 x 22,70. Provenance: Venetian private collection, Italy.

Indian Art A large nocturnal painting depicting ladies at leisure on a terrace Northern India, Rajasthan, 20th century Pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 24,50 x 31,50. Provenance: Venetain private collection, Italy.

Indian Art A rare portrait of a woman playing a tambur and singing India, Deccan, 18th centuryInk, pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 12,00 x 22,00. Probably depicting the Todi Ragini, a musical mode in which the lady sings to a deer. A close related example with a deer, instead of the second clump of flowers on the left, is published in Fraser M.,"The V.S. Naipaul Collection of Indian Paintings, Drawing and Watercolours", London, 2014, n. 7; while this very iconography can be seen at the Islamische Museum in Berlin and published in Zebrowski. "Deccani painting", London and Los Angeles, 1983, fig. 90, col.pl. XV. Provenance: Venetian Private Collection, Italy.

Indian Art A lavishly illustrated miniature from the Ramayana serie Northern India, 18th-19th century Natural pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 19,50 x 23,40. Provenance: Venetian Private collection, Italy.

Indian Art Section of a paiting depicting ladies at leisure on a terrace India, possibly Deccan, 19th century Natural pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 11,50 x 18,00. Provenance: Private Venetian Collection, Italy.

Indian Art A miniature from a Ragamala serie depicting a Maharaja with dancers India, Rajasthan, second half 19th century Natural pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 31,30 x 39,00. Provenance: Venetian private collection, Italy.

Indian Art A miniature painting depicting a lady on a terrace Northern India, Pahari hills, Kangra, 19th century Natural pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 17,50 x 24,00. Provenance: Private Venetian collection, Italy.

Indian Art A large section of a painting depicting the ascetic lover faintingNorthern India, 19th century Natural pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 21,00 x 29,50. Provenance: Venetian Private collection, Italy.

Indian Art Miniature from a Ragamala serie depicting Asavari Ragini Northern India, Rajasthan, early 19th century Natural pigments and gold on paper . . Cm 20,00 x 28,00. Provenance: Venetian Private collection, Italy.