Osian's Auction Catalogue Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts and Books | April 2017

Indian Antiquities Modern Contemporary Fine Arts & Books | 9 Explanation of Cataloguing Terms Abbreviations Any statement of authorship, attribution, provenance, origin, date, age, and condition is a statement of opinion and is not to be taken as a statement of fact. Osian’s reserves the right, in forming their opinion, to consult and rely upon any expert or authority considered by them to be reliable. 1. The term ‘signed and dated’ (S/d) and/or inscribed means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand of the artist. FORMAT for Auction Lot Caption is as follows: Lot Number Artist Name Date of Birth – Date of Death Title Medium, Date Signature detail Inscription detail Size in inches (in centimetres) Provenance Illustrative Reference Lower & Upper Price Estimates in Indian Rupees (INR) Lower & Upper Price Estimates in US Dollars (US$) 2. For all artworks the dimensions are given height before width in inches (centimeters). 3. Osian’s has tried to provide the best quality acid- free mounts to works wherever appropriate, and has reframed works wherever possible, from quality framers. 4. All lots are sold on a ‘as is basis’. Full condition reports are available for all lots upon request. 5. We assumed USD ($) 1 = INR ( ` ) 67 as on 12 March 2017 6. * Symbolises that Osian’s-Connoisseurs of Art has an ownership stake in the lot b. Born b&w Black & White BKA Authored Book BKE Edited Book c. circa c.c. centre centre c.l. centre left c.r. centre right CB Card Back Book Binding Comp. Compiled Cu. Curator Ed. Editor Eds. Editors Ex. Exhibition ExC Exhibition Catalogue ffp Free Front Endpaper For. Forwarder HB Hard Back Book Binding Inted. International Edition l.c. lower centre l.l. lower left l.r. lower right Lon London Mum Mumbai nd no date ND New Delhi np no pagination p. Page PAH Previous Auction High PB Paper Back Book Binding pp. Pages recto Front Side of an artwork rpt. Reprinted RRM Reference Research Material S/d Signed & dated t.c. top centre t.l. top left t.r. top right Tr. Translator verso Reverse side of an artwork All Lots are being sold on “an as is basis” and the collector should request for further condition details where the artwork has not been personally inspected. Further, a few artworks are ‘nd’ which means ‘not-dated’ and further information on dating can be requested from our Specialists if required. Lot 36 Rao Bahadur M.V. Dhurandhar