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SET OF TWO: GANESHA BOX -   - The Divine Eye
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a) HANDPAINTED GANESHA SILVER BOX
Gross weight: 69 grams
Height: 3 in (7.5 cm)
Width: 2.25 in (5.5 cm)
Depth: 0.75 in (2 cm)

b) HANDPAINTED SEATED GANESHA SILVER BOX
Gross weight: 110 grams
Height: 3.25 in (8 cm)
Width: 3.25 in (8 cm)
Depth: 1.25 in (3 cm)

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PERIOD GOLD ‘KRISHNA‘ NECKLACE    -   - The Divine Eye
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Designed with seven square-shaped plaques all intricately designed in Krishna motif in repousse, joined by a silk cord, mounted in gold.

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Untitled (Pichwai) -   - The Divine Eye
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Untitled (Pichwai)
Mineral and fabric colours on cloth
48.5 x 39.5 in (123 x 100.5 cm)

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Illustrations of Buildings near Muttra and Agra: Showing the Mixed Hindu-Mahomedan Style of Upper India. Prepared at the India museum under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council, from photographs, plans, and drawings - Lieutenant Henry Hardy Cole - The Divine Eye
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Illustrations of Buildings near Muttra and Agra: Showing the Mixed Hindu-Mahomedan Style of Upper India. Prepared at the India museum under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council, from photographs, plans, and drawings

Lieutenant Henry Hardy Cole, Illustrations of Buildings near Muttra and Agra: Showing the Mixed Hindu-Mahomedan Style of Upper India. Prepared at the India museum under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council, from photographs, plans, and drawings taken by order of the government of India, by Henry Hardy Cole, lieutenant, R.E., late superintendent, Archæological survey of India, North-western Provinces, London: India office, sold by W. H. Allen and Co., 1873

116 pages, including 42 photographed albumen plates and 11 of 12 lithographed plates and plans; contemporary calf-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt
33.8 x 25 cm

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Seated Ganesha  -   - The Divine Eye
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Hoysala Dynasty
Karnataka, 12th Century
Stone
Height: 27.25 in (69 cm)
Width: 20.25 in (51.5 cm)
Depth: 7.75 in (20 cm)

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This sculpture is attached to a detachable wooden base measuring 3.5 x 19.75 x 9.5 in (9 x 50 x 24.5 cm)

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Saffronart, Mumbai, 15 December 2021, lot 4
Private Collection, Mumbai

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Prabhavali -   - The Divine Eye
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Karnataka, 18/19th Century
Bronze
Height: 34 in (87 cm)
Width: 23.5 in (59.5 cm)
Depth: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)

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This sculpture is mounted on a detachable wooden base measuring 1.5 x 24 x 8 in (4 x 61 x 20.5 cm)

A prabhavali forms the back of a statue and is the radiating halo that signifies divinity.

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Peacock -   - The Divine Eye
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Deccan, Late 19th Century
Copper Alloy
Height: 26.5 in (67 cm)
Width: 16.5 in (42 cm)
Depth: 12 in (30.5 cm)

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Private Collection, Mumbai

A large decorative peacock with posture and limbs denoting an alert stance. Age has added a soft patination to this...

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Durga -   - The Divine Eye
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Kerala, 16th Century
Bronze
Height: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
Width: 4.25 in (10.5 cm)
Depth: 2.75 in (7 cm)

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Private Collection, Mumbai

Kerala was known to have created fine bronzes of smaller scale. This example of Durga stands within an intricate arch. She is shown holding her weapons with posed grace. The base is...

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Untitled - Piraji Sagara - The Divine Eye
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Piraji Sagara (1931 - 2014)

Untitled
Mixed media on wood
41 x 34 in (104 x 86.5 cm)

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Embroidered work by Thota Vaikuntam -   - The Divine Eye
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Embroidered in Telugu (lower left); signed in Telugu, embroidered 'Thota/ Vaikuntam' and bearing artist's plaque (on the reverse)
Silk embroidery on velvet, embellished with semi-precious gemstones
36.5 x 29.5 in (93 x 75 cm)

This lot is created under the skilled craftsmanship of the Shams family of Agra

The box frame measures 47 x 39 x 2.5 in (119.5 x 99.5 x 6.5 cm)

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Untitled - Himmat Shah - The Divine Eye
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Himmat Shah (1933 - 2025)

Untitled
Bronze
Height: 46.75 in (119 cm)
Width: 24.25 in (61.5 cm)
Depth: 22 in (56 cm)

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Untitled - K Laxma Goud - The Divine Eye
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K Laxma Goud (b.1940)

Untitled
Bronze
Height: 6.75 in (17 cm)
Width: 6.75 in (17 cm)
Depth: 6 in (15.5 cm)

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Untitled - Meena Sansanwal - The Divine Eye
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Meena Sansanwal (b.1971)

Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 in (122 x 183 cm)

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Narsimha -   - The Divine Eye
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Circa 1950s
Karnataka
Polychrome wood
Height: 19 in (48 cm)
Width: 7.75 in (20 cm)
Depth: 7 in (17.5 cm)

The sculpture is attached to a wooden base measuring 13 x 7 x 5 in (33 x 18 x 13 cm)

A Utsav Murti of Narsimha is taken in procession on festival days. Interestingly, the body frame was made annually of bamboo and dressed in fabric. This particular...

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Kumbakarna -   - The Divine Eye
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Circa 1970s
Polychrome wood
Height: 20.75 in (52.5 cm)
Width: 18.5 in (47 cm)
Depth: 7.75 in (20 cm)

This is a wall-mounted work

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Gauri with Snake and Kirtimukha -   - The Divine Eye
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Circa 1940s
Maharashtra
Polychrome wood and metal elements
Height: 18.25 in (46.5 cm)
Width: 16.25 in (41 cm)
Depth: 6.25 in (16 cm)

This is a wall-mounted work

A painted Gauri head with an elaborate crown with kirtimukha in the center. During festivals, women carry the Gauri head in procession, decorated with flowers.

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SET OF THREE: SHREENATHJI PENDANT AND BOX -   - The Divine Eye
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a) HANDPANINTED SHREENATHJI SILVER BOX
Gross weight: 150 grams
Height: 4.75 in (12 cm)
Weight: 3.5 in (9 cm)
Depth: 1.25 in (3 cm)

b) PERIOD HANDPAINTED SHREENATHJI SILVER PENDANT
Gross weight: 41 grams
Diameter: 3.75 in (9.5 cm)

Nathdwara, Rajasthan, Circa 1930s

c) PERIOD HANDPAINTED SHREENATHJI SILVER PENDANT
Gross weight: 42 grams
Diameter: 3.75...

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The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed. Translated into English immediately from the original Arabic, with explanatory notes taken from the most approved commentators, to which is prefixed a preliminary discourse by George Sale - George Sale - The Divine Eye
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George Sale (1697 - 1736)

The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed. Translated into English immediately from the original Arabic, with explanatory notes taken from the most approved commentators, to which is prefixed a preliminary discourse by George Sale

George Sale, The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed. Translated into English immediately from the original Arabic; with explanatory notes, taken from the most approved commentators, to which is prefixed a preliminary discourse by George Sale, Bath: Printed by S. Hazard; for J. Johnson, Vernor and Hood, Ogilvy and Speare, J. Sewell, H. Gardner, and C. and G. Kearsley, London, 1795

In 2 Volumes
Volume I: xii, 248 pp., 266 pp., four plates to Volume I, including three genealogical tables (two folding) and a folding plate featuring a view and the plan of the Temple of Mecca.
Volume II: [6], 519 pp, [12]
Contemporary full mottled calf boards with marbled effect, rebacked in period style with contrasting red and black morocco gilt spine labels, compartments ruled and tooled in gilt, and edges speckled. Original boards with sympathetically restored spine (each)
9 x 5.5 in (each)

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Le Bhaguat-Geeta ou Dialogues de Kreeshna et d‘Arjoon - Charles Wilkins - The Divine Eye
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Charles Wilkins (1749 - 1836)

Le Bhaguat-Geeta ou Dialogues de Kreeshna et d‘Arjoon

Charles Wilkins, Le Bhaguat-Geeta ou Dialogues de Kreeshna et d'Arjoon; contenant un précis de la religion & de la morale des Indiens. Traduit du Samfcrit, la langue sacrée des Brahmes, en Anglois, par M. Charles Wilkins; et de l’Anglois en François, par M. Parraud, de l’Académie des Arcades de Rome, Paris: Chez Benoît Morin, Libraire, rue de la Harpe, 1787

[4], clxii, 180 pp. Title page with decorative rule border, preface by the French translator, followed by Wilkins’ original introduction and his full English translation rendered in French prose; contemporary full mottled calf, the spine gilt in compartments with floral and foliate tools, contrasting red morocco label gilt, marbled endpapers with a heraldic bookplate to front pastedown, all edges red. The binding represents an elegant late 18th-century French style, reflecting the period’s preference for decorative gilt tooling and vibrant marbled endpapers.
20 x 13 cm

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Bhairava -   - The Divine Eye
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Chola Dynasty
12th Century
Stone
Height: 39 in (99 cm)
Width: 23.5 in (60 cm)
Depth: 11.5 in (29 cm)

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This sculpture is attached to a wooden base measuring 27.75 x 21.5 x 15.75 in (70.5 x 54.5 x 40 cm)

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