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Auction archive: Lot number 238

A SET OF INDIAN STAINED PINE ROOM PANELLING

Estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
ca. US$18,721 - US$31,203
Price realised:
£40,000
ca. US$49,924
Auction archive: Lot number 238

A SET OF INDIAN STAINED PINE ROOM PANELLING

Estimate
£15,000 - £25,000
ca. US$18,721 - US$31,203
Price realised:
£40,000
ca. US$49,924
Beschreibung:

A SET OF INDIAN STAINED PINE ROOM PANELLING LAHORE, CIRCA 1885 Comprising seven main panels each divided into four panels, variously carved with an urn flanked by two birds, a bottle carved with lotus petals and various Mughal inspired flowering plants and other motifs each below a cusped arch; six similar panels, each divided into six panels; two large arches supported by slender gadrooned columns with leafy capitals; two arched windows of similar form with cusped arch filled with floral motifs; two pairs of columns similar to those supporting the arches; a rectangular panel gilt painted with a line of Arabic above a line of Punjabi; and a quantity of cornicing and wainscoting 90 in. (229 cm.) high; 56 ¾ in. (144 cm.) wide, the arches overall Provenance By tradition, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, South Kensington, 1886. An annex consisting of a turreted music room was constructed at Treetops, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, c. 1916 to house the panelling. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1990, lot 196.

Auction archive: Lot number 238
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A SET OF INDIAN STAINED PINE ROOM PANELLING LAHORE, CIRCA 1885 Comprising seven main panels each divided into four panels, variously carved with an urn flanked by two birds, a bottle carved with lotus petals and various Mughal inspired flowering plants and other motifs each below a cusped arch; six similar panels, each divided into six panels; two large arches supported by slender gadrooned columns with leafy capitals; two arched windows of similar form with cusped arch filled with floral motifs; two pairs of columns similar to those supporting the arches; a rectangular panel gilt painted with a line of Arabic above a line of Punjabi; and a quantity of cornicing and wainscoting 90 in. (229 cm.) high; 56 ¾ in. (144 cm.) wide, the arches overall Provenance By tradition, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, South Kensington, 1886. An annex consisting of a turreted music room was constructed at Treetops, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, c. 1916 to house the panelling. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1990, lot 196.

Auction archive: Lot number 238
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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