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Auction archive: Lot number 1005

Making and Eroticism Northern India or Afghanistan, 19th century

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,634 - US$3,952
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 1005

Making and Eroticism Northern India or Afghanistan, 19th century

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,634 - US$3,952
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

(Erotica: Objects of Desire | Live Online, 2nd December 2020) Illustrated Manual of Love-Making and Eroticism Northern India or Afghanistan, 19th century Illustrated Manual of Love-Making and Eroticism Arabic manuscript on paper, 77ff. plus 7 fly-leaves, between 13ll. to 16ll. to the page of free-flowing black ink naskh script, the colourful colophon with the title in a roundel The Spring of Joy - a Manual on Women's Enjoyment, with 70 hand-painted illustrations of love-making positions and favoured concubines at court, the illustrations sketched in black ink, some with captions in black ink, others plain, some folios with page numeral, another plain, the text panel 16.5cm x 9.5cm, the folio 20cm x 11.5cm, Northern India or Afghanistan, 19th century the text panel 16.5cm x 9.5cm, the folio 20cm x 11.5cm

Auction archive: Lot number 1005
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2020
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

(Erotica: Objects of Desire | Live Online, 2nd December 2020) Illustrated Manual of Love-Making and Eroticism Northern India or Afghanistan, 19th century Illustrated Manual of Love-Making and Eroticism Arabic manuscript on paper, 77ff. plus 7 fly-leaves, between 13ll. to 16ll. to the page of free-flowing black ink naskh script, the colourful colophon with the title in a roundel The Spring of Joy - a Manual on Women's Enjoyment, with 70 hand-painted illustrations of love-making positions and favoured concubines at court, the illustrations sketched in black ink, some with captions in black ink, others plain, some folios with page numeral, another plain, the text panel 16.5cm x 9.5cm, the folio 20cm x 11.5cm, Northern India or Afghanistan, 19th century the text panel 16.5cm x 9.5cm, the folio 20cm x 11.5cm

Auction archive: Lot number 1005
Auction:
Datum:
2 Dec 2020
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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