Property from an Important Private Collection Three polychrome lacquered book covers, Kashmir,...

Property from an Important Private Collection

Three polychrome lacquered book covers,

Kashmir, India, 19th century,

The first, a binding, each cover with botehs and strapwork on dense field of tightly arranged gold serrated leaves , the border with floral decoration, the interior, plain black with thin gold borders, old saleroom lot label and stock label, with black leather spine ; the second, a cover painted with a courtly scene : four courtiers visiting an enthroned ruler and his consort flanked by attendants, on dense vegetal ground, the orders with bold scrolling tendrils, the reverse with an elegant gold medallion composed of thin interlocking strokes forming palmettes and vines, on dark blue ground, within thin gold borders of the same style ; the third, a binding with dense floral decoration within two thin borders of scrolling floral tendrils, the inside with a bold floral spray under a lobed pointed arch, the spandrels painted with bold flower blooms, the border with a straight floral garland, spine lacking

The covers, 35 x 24cm., 29 x 20.5cm., 23 x 16.4cm. (3)