Osian's Auction Catalogue Forty Masterpieces | March 2003

1 UNKNOWN EUROPEAN ARTIST Bhisma & Arjuna in battle, from the Mahabharata Oil on canvas, 1908-10 Rs. 1,000,000 – 1,100,000 $ 20,900 – 22,900 2 ANONYMOUS ARTIST FROM BENGAL Shiva & Kamdev Series Oil on canvas, late 1910s Rs. 750,000 – 850,000 [Set of 2] $ 15,600 – 17,700 3 ANTONIO XAVIER TRINIDADE Portrait of a Boy a. & b. Oil on canvas pasted on board, 1921 Rs. 300,000 – 400,000 [Set of 2] $ 6,300 – 8,300 4 USTAD ALLAH BUKHSH / National Art Treasure of Pakistan Krishna & the Sudarshan Chakra Oil on mounted board, ca.1924 Rs. 1,400,000 – 1,600,000 $ 29,200 – 33,300 5 USTAD ALLAH BUKHSH / National Art Treasure of Pakistan Krishna in Contemplation Oil on canvas, ca.1931 Rs. 1,500,000 – 1,700,000 $ 31,300 – 35,400 6 ABDUL REHMAN CHUGHTAI / National Art Treasure of Pakistan The Pilgrims Watercolour & wash on paper, early 1930s Rs. 1,100,000 – 1,250,000 $ 22, 900 – 26,000 7 NANDALAL BOSE / National Art Treasure of India Mahishasur Mardani Ink & Brush on paper, ca.1935 Rs. 900,000 – 1,000,000 Non-Exportable Item 8 RAMGOPAL VIJAIVARGIYA Draupadi & the Pandavas Watercolour & wash, early 1940s Rs. 500,000 – 600,000 $ 10,400 – 12,500 9 MAHADEV VISVANATH DHURANDHAR Omar Khayyam Series Pen & black ink on paper, 1943 Rs. 600,000 – 700,000 [Set of 17] $ 12,500 – 14,600 10 SYED HYDER RAZA Studio with Still-Life Gouache on paper, 1949 Rs. 750,000 – 850,000 $ 15,600 – 17,700 10 11 Lots Contents Creativity in Infrastructure An Auction House-Archive-University Explanation of Cataloguing Terms Abbreviations 18 22 24–25 26–27 28–29 30–31 32–33 34–35 36–39 40–41 42–43 44–45 Page Nos.