Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 196. Shawl washermen at work, by a Sikh artist, style of Bishan Singh, North India, probably Amritsar, circa 1867.

Shawl washermen at work, by a Sikh artist, style of Bishan Singh, North India, probably Amritsar, circa 1867

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on paper, with narrow buff margin, framed in contemporaneous bamboo-effect wood frame by Susse Frères of Paris

painting: 31.6 by 41cm.

sheet: 33.6 by 42.8cm.

Ex-collection Niall Hobhouse

Christie's London, West~East: The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 22 May 2008, lot 316

Private collection, UK

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