Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online

A Japanese katana-tsutsu [sword case], Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century

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The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online 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 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

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A 'Paithan' painting of a ferocious tiger slaying a boar, India, Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh, mid to: gouache on paper, framed 28 by 41.2cm. Provenance On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, probably 1983. Catalogue note This work belongs to a group of paintings that was

0201: A 'Paithan' painting of a ferocious tiger slaying a boar, India, Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh, mid toEst. £1,500-£2,000Lot Closed

Two forged steel wall brackets, India, Mughal or Rajput, 17th century: each rendered in the form of a horse head, with faceting to the neck, nose and tapered shaft, traces of a gilded bridle 18.8cm.; 18.3cm. Provenance Simon Ray, London, 2002.

0202: Two forged steel wall brackets, India, Mughal or Rajput, 17th centuryEst. £700-£1,000Lot Closed

A pair of bronze parrots, India, Deccan, Golconda, late 16th century: each cast in the form of a parrot, perched with wings closed, dipped tail and backward turned head, incised pattern of plumage around their neck and breast each 28.5cm. long

0203: A pair of bronze parrots, India, Deccan, Golconda, late 16th centuryEst. £3,000-£5,000Lot Closed

A folk painting of a mythological beast and prey (Pattachitra), India, Orissa, early 20th century: pigments on cloth 26 by 30.7cm.

0204: A folk painting of a mythological beast and prey (Pattachitra), India, Orissa, early 20th centuryEst. £100-£200Lot Closed

A bronze bridle fixture, India, possibly Mewar, 19th century or earlier: of typical form with attachment loops to the sides and bi-furcated crests to the nose-guard 20.6cm. max.

0205: A bronze bridle fixture, India, possibly Mewar, 19th century or earlierEst. £80-£120Lot Closed

A bronze flat hook and an engraved steel vice, India, 19th century: the flattened hook with scroll terminals, the faceted vice with threaded shaft and bi-furcated terminal, chiseled with lions hunting antelope interspersed with flowering plants hook 16.6cm.; vice

0206: A bronze flat hook and an engraved steel vice, India, 19th centuryEst. £600-£800Lot Closed

A Company School list of Lord Valentia's bird paintings, India, Calcutta, 19th century: ink on paper 77 by 35cm.; 77 by 30cm.; 77 by 60cm. Provenance On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. Catalogue note This fascinating document lists the

0207: A Company School list of Lord Valentia's bird paintings, India, Calcutta, 19th centuryEst. £200-£300Lot Closed

A silver-gilt umbrella handle, India, circa 1900: the tubular body of serpentine form with gilded bird-head terminal, the collar chiseled and gilded with foliate decoration 14 by 10.5cm.

0208: A silver-gilt umbrella handle, India, circa 1900Est. £300-£500Lot Closed

An inlaid bronze figure of a stag, Possibly Sino-Siberian: of openwork form, inlaid with coloured stones, four small suspension hooks to back 6.5 by 6.5cm.

0209: An inlaid bronze figure of a stag, Possibly Sino-SiberianEst. £100-£200Lot Closed

A folk bronze bird finial, India, Bastar, early 20th century: cast with a stepped openwork base surmounted by a bird finial, decorated throughout with coil and rope bands, the interior of the base with an old exhibition label 12cm. height Provenance On loan

0210: A folk bronze bird finial, India, Bastar, early 20th centuryEst. £200-£300Lot Closed

Two birds in a landscape, by Usman Khan, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 20th century: gouache on paper, signed 'USMAN' lower right and inscribed in devanagari on reverse painting: 27.8 by 38cm. leaf: 28.7 by 39cm. Provenance On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.

0211: Two birds in a landscape, by Usman Khan, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, 20th centuryEst. £100-£150Lot Closed

A Naga blue glass beaded necklace, India, Nagaland, 20th century: the multi-stranded blue glass beads terminating in a braided rope fastening 29cm. max. drop length

0212: A Naga blue glass beaded necklace, India, Nagaland, 20th centuryEst. £200-£300Lot Closed

A Naga leather necklace, India, Nagaland, 20th century: the multi-stranded leather terminating in a leather fastening 24.5cm. max. drop length

0213: A Naga leather necklace, India, Nagaland, 20th centuryEst. £100-£150Lot Closed

A Naga red glass beaded necklace, India, Nagaland, 20th century: the multi-stranded bead necklace with mainly red glass beads, few additional polychrome beads, with braided rope fastening and shell toggle 52cm. max. drop length Catalogue note A photograph taken

0214: A Naga red glass beaded necklace, India, Nagaland, 20th centuryEst. £400-£600Lot Closed

A large silver bracelet, India, probably Gujarat, 19th/20th century: of swollen proportions, the broad bulbous lower section tapering to a curved flattened flange, screws at the base and side, with traces of an inscription to one side 14cm. max. diam.

0215: A large silver bracelet, India, probably Gujarat, 19th/20th centuryEst. £800-£1,200Lot Closed

An illustration of a girl standing in a green arbour, India, circa 1900: gouache on paper 22.5 by 12cm. Provenance Gift from Howard Hodgkin, 1965.

0216: An illustration of a girl standing in a green arbour, India, circa 1900Est. £400-£600Lot Closed

A silver scent bottle and two silver-gilt boxes, India, mid-17th century and later: a silver scent bottle of globular form with threaded stopper, incised with palmettes and flowerheads; a box of squat circular form with removable cover surmounted with a floral finial and

0217: A silver scent bottle and two silver-gilt boxes, India, mid-17th century and laterEst. £2,000-£3,000Lot Closed

A pair of Naga silver ear ornaments, India, Nagaland, late 19th century: each composed of a looped solid silver shaft terminating in two symmetrical coils 17 by 17cm.; 17 by 17.5cm.

0218: A pair of Naga silver ear ornaments, India, Nagaland, late 19th centuryEst. £300-£500Lot Closed

A Naga bronze armlet, India, Nagaland, 19th century: in two fragmentary parts, of convex form, decorated with coil and rope bands with registers of raised studs 10.3cm.

0219: A Naga bronze armlet, India, Nagaland, 19th centuryEst. £30-£50Lot Closed

A pair of Naga cast and engraved brass bangles, India, Nagaland, 19th century: of curved form with faceted sides and tapering terminals, decorated with punched bands of geometric patterning each 11 by 8cm. Catalogue note Metalworking is a highly specialised craft amongst

0220: A pair of Naga cast and engraved brass bangles, India, Nagaland, 19th centuryEst. £400-£600Lot Closed

A portrait of a nobleman, India, Deccan, Bijapur, early 17th century: gouache heightened with gold on paper 6.5 by 4.2cm. Provenance Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 125. Literature S.C.

0221: A portrait of a nobleman, India, Deccan, Bijapur, early 17th centuryEst. £700-£1,000Lot Closed

A jade belt buckle, India, Mughal, mid-17th century: of oval form, the spinach green jade carved with a rope pattern 9.3cm. length Provenance On loan at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.

0222: A jade belt buckle, India, Mughal, mid-17th centuryEst. £3,000-£5,000Lot Closed

A nobleman on horseback with a hawk, India, Mughal, circa 1675: gouache heightened with gold on paper, inscribed on the reverse in ink and pencil 'J.C. French / 25 / Bought in Lucknow in 1919' 16 by 11.3cm.

0223: A nobleman on horseback with a hawk, India, Mughal, circa 1675Est. £400-£600Lot Closed

A jade archer’s ring, India, Mughal, 18th century: of characteristic form, the translucent jade with natural orange inclusions 4.5cm.

0224: A jade archer’s ring, India, Mughal, 18th centuryEst. £2,000-£3,000Lot Closed

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Stuart Cary Welch (1928â€“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.

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