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Property from a Very Important Private Collection

Maqbool Fida Husain

1913 - 2011

Bulls

Oil on canvas

Signed in Devanagari upper right and signed, dated, titled and inscribed '"Bulls" / Husain / 1961 / T.41' on reverse
39 x 39 in. (99.1 x 99.1 cm.)

Painted in 1961

PROVENANCE
Private collection of Harry N. Abrams, New York
Christie’s New York, 17 September 2003, lot 147

LITERATURE
R. Bartholomew and S. Kapur, Husain, Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers, New York, 1971, illustration cover and pl. 95
Voyage of Discovery by M.F. Husain, Tamarind Art Gallery, LLC, Kent S. Charugundla and Marguerite Charugundla, New York, 2015, p. 48 and p. 152
Z. Jumabhoy and B. Tan, The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India, Asia Society Museum, New York, 2018, pl. 71 and illustration p. 171
Lightning by M.F. Husain, TamarindArt, Asia Society Museum, New York and Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd., 2019, illustration p. 96 and p. 103

EXHIBITED
Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, Paintings by Husain, 15 November - 15 December 1974
New York, Asia Society, The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India, 14 September 2018 - 20 January 2019

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Property from a Private French Collection

Sayed Haider Raza

1922 - 2016

Houses

Gouache on paper
Signed and dated 'S. H. RAZA, '52.' upper right
23 ⅜ x 22 ½ in. (59.4 x 57.2 cm.)

Painted in 1952

PROVENANCE
Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired in the South of France, 2022

LITERATURE
Raza, Chemould Publications & Arts, Bombay, 1985, illustration unpaginated (dated 1953)

This work will be included in SH RAZA, Catalogue Raisonné, Early Works (1940 - 1957) by Anne Macklin on behalf of The Raza Foundation, New Delhi (Image ref SR2731)

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Property of a Gentleman

Maqbool Fida Husain

1913 - 2011

Monkey with a Belle

Oil on canvas
Signed in Devanagari and Urdu upper left and lower left and further signed and titled ‘Monkey with / a belle / Husain’ on reverse
48 x 24 in. (121.9 x 61 cm.)

PROVENANCE
Private Collection of H. Shaaf
Acquired from Gallery Chanakya, New Delhi, 7 June 1972 by an American diplomat
Thence by descent

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Property from a Private North American Collection

Francis Newton Souza

1924 - 2002

John the Baptist

Oil pastel, acrylic and polyvinyl acetate on canvas
Signed 'Souza 63' upper left and further inscribed '299' on reverse

Bearing two Grosvenor Gallery, London labels on reverse:
12. Francis Newton SOUZA (1924-2002) / John the Baptist, 1963 / Acrylic and charcoal on canvas / Signed and dated 1963 / 125 x 81 cm. (49 x 32 in.) / Grosvenor Gallery (Fine Arts) Limited / 18 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HR'

'Nassauer [indistinct] / Artist F. N. SOUZA / Title John the Baptiste, 1963/ / Medium charcoal on canvas. Date/ Stock no Cat.44. 30 Davies Street London W1 / telephone Mayfair 0891'

49 x 32 in. (124.4 x 81.2 cm.)

Executed in 1963

PROVENANCE
Grosvenor Gallery, London
Saffronart, Summer Art Auction, 6-7 June 2007, lot 8

LITERATURE
The Human and the Divine Predicament, New Paintings by F. N. Souza, Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1964, plate 44

EXHIBITED
London, The Human and the Divine Predicament, New Paintings by F. N. Souza, Grosvenor Gallery, 31 March - 25 April 1964

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Property from a Private Collection, Mexico

Gulam Rasool Santosh

1929 - 1997

Untitled (Fire)

Oil on canvas

Signed in Devanagari and signed, dated and inscribed '84 / SANTOSH / GARHI STUDIO' on reverse
30 ⅛ x 24 in. (76.5 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1984

PROVENANCE
Acquired from Dhoomimal Gallery, New Delhi, 1984

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The Nyingjei Lam parcel-gilt silver and gilt-copper figure of Milarepa, Tibet, 15th century

The Nyingjei Lam parcel-gilt silver and gilt-copper figure of Milarepa

Tibet, 15th century

西藏 _十五世紀 _銀局部鎏金密勒日巴像連銅鎏金蓮花座

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68492.

HAR編號68492

Height 5 in., 12.8cm

the parcel-gilt silver and gilt-copper figure inscribed along thelotus petal base 'this silver image of Mila[repa], king of thesacred doctrine, was set up at Nyüg Peak by the monk GagiWangpo. Through this virtuous act may [all beings] who havebeen my mother realise the abiding nature of the mind, andmay they achieve [the level of] Vajradhara, embodiment of thefour Buddha bodies! May good auspices prevail!’ (chos kyirgyal po mid le[la]’i dngul sku ‘di/ dge slong dga’ gis dbang possmyug lar gzhengs// dge des mar gyur sems kyi gnas lugsrtogs// sku bzhi’i bdag nyid rdo rje ‘chang thob shog// mang galam//)

inscribed on the baseplate 'Homage to the venerable MilaZhepei Dorje! May my kind mother Sonam Zemo attainBuddhahood!’ (rje mid la gzhad pa rdo rje la na mo/ drin cangyi ma bsod nams bzad mo sngyas [sangs rgyas] thob par gyurcig/)

LITERATURE
Art of Tibet. Selected articles from Orientations, 1981-1997,Hong Kong, 1998, cover and back cover.
David Weldon and Jane Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritageof Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London,1999, pl. 43 and cover.

EXHIBITED
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1996–2005 (on loan).
The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the NyingjeiLam Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1999.
Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell' Himalaya, PalazzoBricherasio, Turin, 2004, cat. no. IV. 49.
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2005–2018 (on loan).
Stable as a Mountain: Gurus in Himalayan Art, Rubin Museumof Art, New York, 2009.
Lama, Patron, Artist: The Great Situ Panchen, Arthur M. SacklerGallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 2010.
Casting the Divine: Sculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection,Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2012–13.
The World is Sound, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2017–2018.
Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection, Rubin Museum of Art,New York, 2014–2015.
Eternal Transience, Enlightened Wisdom – Masterpieces ofBuddhist Art, University Museum and Art Gallery, University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong, 2022, pp 90-91.

Estimate: 1,500,000 - 1,800,000 USD

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A silver and copper alloy figure of Vajrasphota, Western Tibet, 11th-12th century

A silver and copper alloy copper-inlaid figure of Vajrasphota

Western Tibet, 11th-12th century

藏西 _十一至十二世紀 _銀金剛鏁菩薩像連銅座

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68449.

HAR編號68449

Height 8¾ in., 21.2 cm

LITERATURE
David Weldon and Jane Casey Singer, The Sculptural Heritageof Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, London,1999, pl. 14.

EXHIBITED
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1996–2005 (on loan)
The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the NyingjeiLam Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1999.
Arte Buddhista Tibetana: Dei e Demoni dell' Himalaya, PalazzoBricherasio, Turin, 2004, cat. no. IV. 15.
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2005–2018 (on loan).
Masterworks of Himalayan Art , Rubin Museum of Art, NewYork, 2019.
Rob Linrothe, Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of Kashmir andits Legacies, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2014, cat. no.2.24.
Estimate: 400,000 - 500,000 USD

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A thangka depicting a mandala of Vajra Nairatmya, Tibet, 14thcentury

A thangka depicting a mandala of Vajra Nairatmya

Tibet, 14th century

西藏 _十四世紀 _無我佛母唐卡

distemper on cloth

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13825

HAR編號13825

Height 24 in., 60.5 cm; Width 21 in., 53.2 cm

EXHIBITED
Himalayan Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1978.

PROVENANCE
Collection of Stella Kramrisch (1896-1993), since circa 1960
American Private Collection, circa 1970.

Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 USD

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A large copper and silver-inlaid figure of Avalokiteshvara, Eastern India, Pala period, 12th century

A copper and silver-inlaid figure of Avalokiteshvara

Eastern India, Pala period, 12th century

東印度 _帕拉王朝 _十二世紀 _銅錯銀銅嵌寶觀音像

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13834.

HAR編號13834

Height 5¼ in., 13.3 cm

PROVENANCE
French Private Collection, Toulouse.

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Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD

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A thangka depicting episodes from the life and death of Milarepa, Eastern Tibet, 18th century

A thangka depicting episodes from the life and death ofMilarepa

Eastern Tibet, 18th century

藏東 _十八世紀 _密勒日巴唐卡

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 68329.

HAR編號68329

Height 42¼ in., 107.5 cm; Width 25 in., 63.5 cm

EXHIBITED
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1996–2005 (on loan).
Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2005-2018 (on loan).
Pratapaditya Pal, Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure, The ArtInstitute of Chicago, Chicago, 2003, cat. no. 164.
Eternal Transience, Enlightened Wisdom – Masterpieces ofBuddhist Art, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2022, pp112-113.

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Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD

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Property from the Collection of Robin Bradley Martin

The Guennol archaic jade ceremonial axe (Yue)

Neolithic period - Zhou dynasty

新石器時代至周 玉鉞

Length 7¼ in., 18.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Syndey L. Moss, London, until February 1957.
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 26th April 1957.
Collection of Lord Cunliffe, The Rt. Hon. Rolf, 2nd Baron
Cunliffe of Headley (1899-1963).
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
Collection of Count Dominic de Grunne.
Barry Sainsbury Oriental Art, London, 1977.
The Guennol Collection (collection of Alastair Bradley and Edith Martin), until 1983, and thence by descent.
Syndey L. Moss，倫敦，至1957年2月
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1957年4月26日
Rolf Cunliffe 勛爵、第二代哈德雷男爵（1899-1963）收藏
Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦
Dominic de Grunne 伯爵收藏
Barry Sainsbury Oriental Art，倫敦，1977年
葛諾收藏 (阿拉斯泰爾•布拉德利•馬丁及伊迪斯•馬丁伉儷收藏)，至1983年，此後家族傳承

LITERATURE
Amy G. Poster, 'Ceremonial Knife', The Guennol Collection, vol. II, New York, 1982, p. 83.
Minao Hayashi, Studies of Ancient Chinese Jades, Tokyo, 1991, p. 510, fig. 6-130.
Minao Hayashi, Yang Meili trans., Zhongguo guyu yanjiu [Studies of ancient Chinese jades], Taipei, 1997, p. 346, fig. 6-130.
Amy G. Poster，〈Ceremonial Knife〉，《The Guennol Collection》，卷II，紐約，1982年，頁83
林巳奈夫，《中国古玉の硏究》，東京，1991年，頁510，圖6-130
林巳奈夫，楊美莉譯，《中國古玉研究》，台北，1997，頁346，圖6-130

EXHIBITED
Early Chinese Art, Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1973, cat. no. 57.
Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1977-2023 (on loan).
《Early Chinese Art》，Bluett & Sons Ltd.，倫敦，1973年，編號57
布魯克林博物館，紐約，1977至2023年（借展）

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A fine and rare Ru-type lobed arrow vase

Seal mark and period of Qianlong

清乾隆 仿汝釉貫耳瓜棱長頸瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Height 8¾ in., 22.1 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Francis X. Schoonmaker, acquired prior to 1887.
Collection of Job Male (1808-1891).
Francis X. Schoonmaker收藏，得於1887年之前
Job Male (1808-1891) 收藏

EXHIBITED
Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Paintings, and the Schoonmaker Collection of Porcelains and Cloisonné, at the Job Male Library, Art Gallery and Museum, part II, New Jersey, 1887, cat. no. 16.
《Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Paintings, and the Schoonmaker Collection of Porcelains and Cloisonné, at the Job Male Library, Art Gallery and Museum》，卷II，新澤西，1887年，編號16

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A rare 'huanghuali' square-corner display cabinet (Lianggegui)

Qing dynasty, 17th century

清十七世紀 黃花梨螭龍紋方角亮格櫃

Height 80⅝ in., 204.8 cm; Width 44¼ in., 112.4 cm; Depth 24¼ in., 61.6 cm

PROVENANCE
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, 21st May 1998.
安思遠，紐約，1998年5月21日

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A rare and impressive yellow-ground green-enameled blue and white 'dragon' meiping

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

清乾隆 黃地青花穿花龍紋梅瓶

Japanese wood box (3)

Height 13⅝ in., 34 cm

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Kyoto, circa 1997 (by repute).
American Private Collection, since 2000.
得於京都，約1997年（傳）
美國私人收藏，自2000年

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A rare pair of dated and inscribed parcel-gilt bronze figures of luohan

Qing dynasty, dated Kangxi jiawu year, corresponding to 1714

清康熙五十三年（1714） 銅局部鎏金騎象羅漢及笑獅羅漢

Vijraputra, seated on a lion, cast to the back with the inscription Kangxi jiawu guiyue Gusu Wangmen Zhushi gongfeng (Respectfully offered by wife Zhu of the Wang family of Gusu on the eighth month of jiawu in the Kangxi reign); Kalika, seated on an elephant, cast to the back with the inscription Kangxi wushisan nian bayue chuba Wangmen Zhushi gongfeng (Respectfully offered by wife Zhu of the Wang family on the eighth day of the eighth month in the fifty-third year of the Kangxi reign) (2)

銘文：
康熙甲午桂月姑蘇王門朱氏供奉
康熙五十三年八月初八王門朱氏供奉

Height 7 in., 18 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Georges Dubail (1845-1932), acquired in China before 1906.
Christie's Paris, 13th December 2017, lot 72.
法國外交官呂班 (1845-1932) 收藏，1906年之前得於中國
巴黎佳士得2017年12月13日，編號72

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An exceptionally rare and important sacrificial-red-glazed bowl

Mark and period of Xuande

明宣德 祭紅釉盌 《大明宣德年製》款

the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle, together with a Sotheby's Hong Kong catalogue of the T.Y Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part II, 19th May 1987 (2)

及 香港蘇富比趙從衍收藏專拍圖錄《T.Y Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part II》，1987年5月19日

Diameter 4 in., 10.1 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1987, lot 250.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
趙從衍 (1912-1999) 收藏
香港蘇富比1987年5月19日，編號250
藍理捷，紐約

EXHIBITED
Ming and Ch'ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1978, cat. no. 41.
《趙從衍家族基金會珍藏明清瓷器展覽圖錄》，香港藝術館，香港，1978年，編號41

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A fine and extremely rare flambé-glazed Jun-type jar

Seal mark and period of Yongzheng

清雍正 窰變釉梅花紋罐 《雍正年製》款

the base incised with a four-character seal mark

Height 7¾ in., 19.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Joe Yuey (1906-2005).
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1987.
Joe Yuey (1906-2005) 收藏
藍理捷，紐約，1987年

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A robin's egg-glazed censer

Seal mark and period of Yongzheng

清雍正 爐鈞釉雙耳爐 《大清雍正年製》款

the base impressed with a six-character seal mark, together with Sotheby's Hong Kong catalogues of the Edward T. Chow Collection, Part One: Ming and Qing Porcelain, 25th November 1980, and Part Three: Ming and Qing Porcelain and Works of Art, 19th May 1981 and a Sotheby's Hong Kong catalogue, 20th-21st May 1987 (4)

及 香港蘇富比仇焱之收藏專場拍賣圖錄，第一場：《Ming and Qing Porcelain》，1980年11月25日、第三場：《Ming and Qing Porcelain and Works of Art》，1981年5月19日及香港蘇富比圖錄，1987年5月20至21日

Width across handles 8¼ in., 20.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Edward T. Chow (1910-1980).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th May 1981, lot 502.
Robert Chang, Hong Kong.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20th May 1987, lot 516.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
仇焱之 (1910-1980) 收藏
香港蘇富比1981年5月19日，編號502
張宗憲，香港
香港蘇富比1987年5月20日，編號516
藍理捷，紐約

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A group of Early Bronzes from a Midwest Private Collection

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A group of Early Qing Porcelain from the Collection of Silas Friedlander