The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection

Stuart Cary Welch (1928–2008) was a gifted scholar and hugely influential figure in the study of Indian and Middle Eastern arts. He shared this journey with his wife Edith, with whom he built the most extraordinary collection of artworks. After two record-breaking sales of Cary's Islamic and Indian art in 2011, Sotheby's is honoured to offer the Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection, boasting an impressive array of Indian paintings and objects, alongside a wide range of artworks including European silver, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese art. For assistance with bidding and registration, please contact: Bids.london@sothebys.com (+44) 207 293 5283 (bids general line) For sale enquiries please contact: Edward Gibbs Chairman Middle East and India +44 20 7293 5332 EDWARD.GIBBS@SOTHEBYS.COM Benedict Carter Senior Director Head of Department Islamic & Indian Art +44 20 7293 5113 BENEDICT.CARTER@SOTHEBYS.COM Shiona Fourie Senior Project Manager Private European Collections & Single Owner Sales +44 20 7293 5470 SHIONA.FOURIE@SOTHEBYS.COM Rukmani Kumari Rathore Specialist Islamic & Indian Art RUKMANI.RATHORE@SOTHEBYS.COM Louise Lebrun Project Coordinator Researcher & Department Assistant Islamic and Indian Art +44 20 7293 5755 LOUISE.LEBRUN@SOTHEBYS.COM ?Frankie Keyworth Associate Specialist Islamic & Indian Art +44 20 7293 5294 FRANKIE.KEYWORTH@SOTHEBYS.COM Miles Harrison Specialist Silver +44 (0)20 7293 5304 MILES.HARRISON@SOTHEBYS.COM Julian King Senior Vice President International Specialist & Head of Sale Chinese and Himalayan Art +1 212 606 7332 JULIAN.KING@SOTHEBYS.COM ?Gordon Lo Deputy Director Chinese Works of Art +44 20 7293 5371 GORDON.LO@SOTHEBYS.COM Connie Chau Cataloguer Chinese Works of Art +44 20 7293 5721 CONNIE.CHAU@SOTHEBYS.COM Mark Hinton Director Head of Japanese Works of Art +44 20 7293 6537 MARK.HINTON@SOTHEBYS.COM Jon Adjetey Associate Specialist Japanese Woorks of Art +44 20 7293 6325 JON.ADJETEY@SOTHEBYS.COM