1/5
Tibetan Tiger Rug with Two Addorsed Tigers
Tibet, East Asia
19th Century
Wool
173 x 84 cm
Provenance:
Mimi Lipton, London.
Private Collection, UK (acquired from the above, 1980s).
Published:
Lipton, Mimi. The Tiger Rugs of Tibet. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988, page 27, plate 8.
Exhibited:
The Tiger Rugs of Tibet. Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, Sep-Dec 1988.
2/5
A Seventeenth Century Ivory Sarinda
Deccan, India. 17th century.
Ivory, hide, rubies, sapphires, gold, and traces of pigment
63.7 × 28 × 14 cm
Provenance:
Sir Gregor MacGregor, 6th Baronet of Lanrick and Balquhidder, Scotland (1925-2003)
Christie’s London May 3, 1977 (Lot 90)
Private collection UK (acquired at the above sale)
Exhibition and Publication history:
Indian Heritage. Victoria and Albert Museum. 1982
Gloire de Princes. Cité de la Musique, item 60, page 118-119, 2003, Paris, 2003
Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy, The Metropolitan Museum. 2015
1/5
Tibetan Tiger Rug with Two Addorsed Tigers
Tibet, East Asia
19th Century
Wool
173 x 84 cm
Provenance:
Mimi Lipton, London.
Private Collection, UK (acquired from the above, 1980s).
Published:
Lipton, Mimi. The Tiger Rugs of Tibet. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988, page 27, plate 8.
Exhibited:
The Tiger Rugs of Tibet. Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, Sep-Dec 1988.
4 Cromwell Place
South Kensington
London SW7 2JE
Gallery 12
To coincide with Asian art in London week Prahlad Bubbar is delighted to present a group of masterpieces spanning five centuries of sculpture and painting where the hand of the artist follows the natural inclination to lyrically meander and depart from the straight line and thus discover the refined bend at the heart of the spiritual and the sensual.
Our eye is entranced by the various mediums, from ivory to paper, as they submit themselves to a vision that is both organic and graceful. The immutability of bronze caresses the plumage and lightness of a XV century Mughal peacock censer while an important ivory musical instrument from the Deccan court references the curving volumes of the natural world while representing the dynamic interweaving of animal forms.
Among other treasures on display, delicate Pietra Dura tracings of floral sprays on paper represent the ultimate pronouncement of love on the lapidary interior of the Taj Mahal; a 17th century Mughal red voided-velvet textile displays a breathtaking arrangement of rosettes, saz leaves and carnations, each containing intricate velvet lines that meticulously draw their petals and leaf veins; and an enchanting 17th century painting of the Mughal Prince Dura Shikoh portrays him in splendid tranquility, seated cross-legged within an oval frame and wearing a mauve sarong, or lungi; on his head, encircled by a gold nimbus, he wears an orange and gold turban adorned with a jewel and a pearl.’
Opening Hours:
Saturday, 23 October: 10am-6pm
Sunday, 24 October: 10am-4pm
Monday-Tuesday, 25-26 October: by appointment only
Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 October: 10am-6pm
Friday, 29 October: 10am-3pm
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