Arts of India

To be Sold without ReserveA double-sided folio from a Jain manuscript, probably Gujarat, North-West India, 18th-19th century, opaque pigments on p...

To be Sold without ReserveA Jain illustration of Jambudvipa, probably Gujarat, North-West India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper, the large...

A lady smoking a huqqa, Rajasthan, North-West India, late 18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the scene at night with sta...

To be Sold without ReserveAn avatar of Vishnu: Kalki Avatar, perhaps Bikaner, Rajasthan, early 18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened w...

To be Sold without ReserveAn illustration from a Ramayana series: Hanuman confronting a demon, perhaps Bikaner, Rajasthan, 18th century, opaque pi...

Ladies in a flowering garden, Kutch, Gujarat, 18th century, opaque pigments on paper, depicting a scene in a walled garden, with a series of flowe...

To be Sold without ReserveA Raja and his consort, in the style of Bagta, Devarh, North India, circa 1760, opaque pigments on paper heightened with...

To be Sold without ReserveShah Jahan receiving the Persian Safavid ambassador Ali Mardan Khan, after a painting in the Padshahnama, the Chronicle ...

A large painting of a Tirthankara worshipped by devotees, Gujarat or Rajasthan, 18th-19th century, opaque pigments on paper, the central figure of...

An illustrated folio with a seated Tirthankara, North West India, probably 17th century, opaque pigments and ink on paper, left side of the folio ...

A seated figure of a Tirthankara, Jain, Western India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted seated on a raised ma...

Two small Jain paintings and a later painting of figures in a landscape, Western India, late 19th and 20th century, opaque pigments heightened wit...

Krishna and Radha milking Nandi the sacred cow, Rajasthan, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, set in a...

An illustrated folio from a Jain manuscript, Mewar, India, 17th century, opaque pigments on paper, with 14ll. of text to the right, the illustrati...

Varaha seated on Garuda, Rajasthan, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the third of the ten avatars of...

The Maharaja of Jaipur with the chronology of the kings of that region, Jaipur, North India, 20th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on...

A prince and courtesans on a terrace, Kulu or Bahsoli, North India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted haloed a...

A processional scene, North India, late 19th-early 20th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a ruler depicted being carried in ...

An equestrian portrait from an album, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the mounted figure with long ...

A hunt scene in a wooded landscape, Kotah school, Rajasthan, India, early 20th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, a ruler mou...

An Udaipur drawing, Udaipur, Rajasthan. North India, circa 1790, ink on paper, depicting wrestlers entertaining a crowd gathered around them in a ...

A calligraphic bird, Kashmir, India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicting a winged angel seated atop a larg...

A ruler and courtesan in a pavilion, Mewar, Rajasthan, North India, late18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gilt, depicted in a...

A Mewar prince and priest worshipping at the shrine of Brahma, Mewar, Rajasthan, 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ...

Tiger hunt, Jaipur, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, the huntsmen depicted on foot and ho...

A seated temple priest, Nathdwara, India, 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicted haloed and with long hair, seated ...

A standing prince in a courtyard, Jaipur, North India, 20th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted haloed and wearing a ...

Krishna and two cows, Bikaner, India, circa 1770, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold and silver, Krishna shown seated and with a flute ...

An illustrated folio from a manuscript, Kishangargh, India, 19th century, gouache on paper heightened with gold, with courtly scenes to left and r...

The Goddess Durga, Jaipur, India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted standing on a terrace within an arch and w...

A drawing of a ruler seeking advice from a Holy Man, India, late 18th-early 19th century, ink on paper, the ruler shown kneeling, with attendant b...

A youth visiting a yogini in a cave, Rajasthan, India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the scene in a rocky landscape...

Krishna worshipped by a prince, Rajasthan, India, 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Krishna depicted enthroned, 13 x 11...

A Siva shrine, Nathdwara, Rajasthan, India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, Siva depicted standing within an arch, pe...

Parashurama fighting the 1000-armed Arjuna Kartavirya, a folio from a Dashavatara series, Chamba, circa 1740, opaque pigments heightened with gold...

Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal, receiving a guest, circa 1760, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold and silver, depicted seated on a terr...

A painting of a prince, Jaipur, North India, circa 1890, gouache on paper heightened with gold, shown on a terrace under a columned pavilion hung ...

A portrait of a prince, Deccan, North India, spuriously dated lower right 1016AH/1607AD,18th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gol...

A prince and princess smoking on a terrace with female attendants, Jodhpur, India circa 1820, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depic...

A young woman led to a prince's bedchamber, Oudh, Lucknow, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the prin...

The Goddess Lakshmi doused by elephants (Gajalakshmi), Gajdar, Bikaner, North India, mid-19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on pap...

A Jain painting of Tikarthantra and Durga, Rajasthan, India, circa 1820, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with three small shrines t...

A painting of a boar hunt, Guler or Kangra, Punjab Hills, North India, circa 1860, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting a scen...

A young woman with antelope, India, 20th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, painted in the Mughal style, with signature lower...

An equestrian portrait of a ruler, Mewar, Rajasthan, North India, circa 1860, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the ruler shown haloe...

A young woman by a stream, Rajasthan, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, depicted picking flowers with...

Ladies playing music on a terrace, Oudh, Lucknow, North India, circa 1720, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting a princess sea...

A Kalighat painting of a wrestler and a tiger, Bengal, late 19th century, opaque colours on paper, glazed and framed, painting 48.5 x 38cm.  The K...

A Paithan painting, Maharashtra, India, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper, depicting two seated kings and three snarling beasts, mounted, gla...

Two illustrations from a Ramayana; Durga enthroned and Siva in battle, Jaipur, North India, 19th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on ...

Srinathji, Nathdwara, North India, 19th century, gouache on paper heightened with gold and silver, depicted fluting, a female worshipper either si...

Three Quran folios, Sultanate India, 15th-16th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, double-sided, each with 11 lines of black Bihari script, with ...

Two folios from a dispersed Shahnama, Delhi, North India, circa 1840, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, illustrating Rustam a...

An illustrated palm leaf from a Pancharaska manuscript, Nepal, 12th-14th century, opaque pigments on paper, depicting one of the five Goddesses in...

Two folios from a dispersed Shahnama, Delhi, North India, circa 1840, ink and opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, illustrating the deat...

A Jain manuscript folio, Gujerat, India, 18th-19th century, opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold, the scene in two registers, upper with ...

A Kalighat scroll, Bengal, 20th century, opaque pigments on paper, formed of a series of panels pasted together and painted with scenes of village...

A miniature Vaishnava sect palm leaf manuscript from Dashavatara: the 10 incarnations of Vishnu, Orissa, circa 1800, pen and ink on palm leaf, the...

Six calligraphic album pages in fine nasta'liq script, comprising exercises in various letters and the methods of joining them to other letters, P...

An illustrated folio from a manuscript, probably the Ramayana, Jaipur, North India, late 19th century, opaque pigments on paper, the scene divided...