WINTER LIVE AND ONLINE AUCTION 8 DECEMBER 2020 AND 9-10 DECEMBER 2020

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119 PROVENANCE
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
ATUL DODIYA (b.1959)
EXHIBITED
a) Untitled ‒ IV (Santiniketan Girlfriend) Atul Dodiya | Girlfriends: French, German, Italian, Egyptian,
2016 Santiniketan, Ghatkopar…, New Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 31
Watercolour on paper pasted on mountboard January ‒ 4 March 2017
22.5 x 15 in (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
PUBLISHED
b) Untitled ‒ V (Santiniketan Girlfriend) Gayatri Sinha, Atul Dodiya | Girlfriends: French, German,
2016 Italian, Egyptian, Santiniketan, Ghatkopar…, New Delhi:
Watercolour on paper pasted on mountboard Vadehra Art Gallery, 2017, pp. 109, 111 (illustrated)
22.5 x 15 in (58.4 x 38.1 cm)
249
$10,960 ‒ 16,440
Rs 8,00,000 ‒ 12,00,000

(Set of two)

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PROPERTY OF A LADY, MUMBAI EXHIBITED
Anju Dodiya: The Cloud Hunt, New Delhi: Vadehra Art
120 Gallery, 16 February ‒ 15 March 2005

ANJU DODIYA (b.1964) PUBLISHED
Nancy Adajania, Anju Dodiya: The Cloud Hunt, New Delhi:
Mourner in Rose Print Vadehra Art Gallery, 2005, p. 42 (illustrated)

Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Anju/ ANJU DODIYA/
2004/ MOURNER IN ROSE PRINT’ (on the reverse)
2004
Watercolour on paper
44.25 x 44 in (112.3 x 111.6 cm)

$10,960 ‒ 13,700
Rs 8,00,000 ‒ 10,00,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired from Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi

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ANJU DODIYA (b.1964)

The Knotted Pause
Inscribed, dated and signed ‘ANJU DODIYA/ 2008/
“THE KNOTTED PAUSE”/ anju’ (on the reverse)
2008
Watercolour and charcoal on paper
57.5 x 44.5 in (146 x 113 cm)
$20,550 ‒ 27,400
Rs 15,00,000 ‒ 20,00,000
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Mumbai
EXHIBITED
India Xianzai, Shanghai: Museum of Contemporary Art
(MoCA), 16 July ‒ 31 August 2009
PUBLISHED
India Xianzai, Shanghai: Museum of Contemporary Art
(MoCA), 2009, pp. 34‒35 (illustrated)

Anju Dodiya works with various media, including textiles, fabric, and even mattresses, complementing her mastery
of draughtsmanship and painting. She draws inspiration from a wide spectrum of sources, ranging from Renaissance
masters and Japanese Ukiyo‒e paintings to French cinema and Greek mythology. Her work is often self‒referential, and
features female subjects in various real and imagined scenes. “When I started working, using my own self was the only
way I knew how to paint. At that time, my works were like nocturnal diaries, full of stories and narratives. This invented
self stayed on, it became a useful device, a take‒off point, to explore my various states of mind ‒ the darkness within,
the tenderness and the fear. I set up characters and stories around it to explore this.” (Anju Dodiya, Real in Realism, New
Delhi: Vadehra Art Gallery, 2002)

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REKHA RODWITTIYA (b.1958)

Nayika / Guddiya

Inscribed, dated and signed ‘Nayika / Guddiya/ 2009/
Rodwittiya’ (on the reverse)
2009
Acrylic and oil on canvas
36 x 24.25 in (91.5 x 61.3 cm)

$3,425 ‒ 4,795
Rs 2,50,000 ‒ 3,50,000

PROVENANCE
Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai
Private Collection, Mumbai

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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN PROVENANCE
Gallery Espace, New Delhi
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EXHIBITED
B MANJUNATH KAMATH (b.1972) Something Happened, New Delhi: Gallery Espace, 2006

Tiger on Tiger Skin PUBLISHED
Something Happened, New Delhi: Gallery Espace, 2006
Signed and dated ‘Kamath 05’ (on the reverse) (illustrated)
2005
Acrylic and oil on canvas
60 x 60 in (152.4 x 152.4 cm)

$10,000 ‒ 12,000
Rs 7,30,000 ‒ 8,76,000

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124 PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Mumbai
BAIJU PARTHAN (b.1956)
EXHIBITED
Milljunction ‒ 2 (Soft Graffiti) Milljunction: Paintings and Photo‒Works by Baiju Parthan,
New York: Aicon Contemporary, 23 March ‒ 24 April 2010
Signed and dated ‘Baiju Parthan/ 2009’ (upper right);
signed, dated and inscribed thrice ‘Baiju Parthan ‒ 2009/ PUBLISHED
MILLJUNCTION ‒ 2 (Soft Graffiti)’ (on the reverse) Milljunction: Paintings and Photo‒Works by Baiju Parthan,
2009 New York: Aicon Contemporary, 2010 (illustrated)
Oil, acrylic and gel on canvas
24 x 72 in (61 x 182.9 cm)

$9,590 ‒ 12,330
Rs 7,00,000 ‒ 9,00,000

(Triptych)

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T V SANTHOSH (b.1968)

Untitled

Signed and dated twice ‘TVSanthosh ‒ 2005’ (on the reverse)
2005
Watercolour on paper
29.25 x 41.75 in (74 x 106.3 cm)

$5,480 ‒ 8,220
Rs 4,00,000 ‒ 6,00,000

(Diptych)

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Mumbai

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T V SANTHOSH (b.1968)

Two Wise Men and their Sheep

Inscribed, dated and signed ‘TWO WISE MEN AND
THEIR SHEEP’/ T.V. SANTHOSH ‒ 2003/ TVSanthosh’
(on the reverse)
2003
Oil on canvas
47.75 x 71.5 in (121.3 x 181.8 cm)

$20,550 ‒ 27,400
Rs 15,00,000 ‒ 20,00,000

PROVENANCE
The Guild, Mumbai

EXHIBITED
Crossing Generations: DiVERGE ‒ Forty Years of Gallery
Chemould, Mumbai: National Gallery of Modern Art,
2 ‒ 14 December 2003
One Hand Clapping / Siren: Recent Works by T V Santhosh,
Mumbai: Jehangir Art Gallery, 28 July ‒ 3 August 2003

PUBLISHED
Geeta Kapur, Crossing Generations: DiVERGE ‒ Forty Years of
Gallery Chemould, Mumbai: National Gallery of Modern Art,
2003, p. 33 (illustrated)
Ranjit Hoskote, One Hand Clapping / Siren: Recent Works by
T V Santhosh, Mumbai: The Guild, 2003 (illustrated)

Hans Holbein the Younger, Contemporary artist T V Santhosh is known for his hyperrealist paintings that
The Ambassadors, 1553 subvert iconic or everyday images from cinema, news media, art history and
Wikimedia Commons popular culture, thereby turning them into critical tools of commentary on
current socio‒political events. In the present lot, he borrows the lower half
258 of the famous 1553 painting The Ambassadors by the 16th century German
painter Hans Holbein the Younger, which depicted French diplomats Jean de
Dinteville and Georges de Selve in London during the Tudor period. Titling the
work Two Wise Men and Their Sheep, Santhosh further adds satirical symbolic
motifs to the composition—much like Holbein did in his portraits—including
the addition of Dolly, the first cloned sheep (and adult mammal), and a shovel
buried in dirt. According to Ranjit Hoskote, “the artist’s gaze fastens upon the
detail of the ambassador’s feet; adapting the allegorical spirit of the original,
he inserts into this frame a grave‒digger’s shovel and Dolly, the cloned sheep.
The play of image and title assures us, bleakly, that the Magi and the scholar‒
diplomats have been replaced by genetic engineers and military strategists.” 

“I’m interested in the connotations of the image, its political
implications and the kind of ironies involved in this aspect of science
and its side effects. Every era had a certain mindset which got reflected
in the writing and the artworks produced by the artists of that time.”

 T V SANTHOSH

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127 PROVENANCE
Akar Prakar, Kolkata
JAYASHREE CHAKRAVARTY (b.1956)
EXHIBITED
Untitled Where the Sand Meets the Sky: Jayashree Chakravarty, New
York: Bodhi Art, 28 June ‒ 31 July 2007
Signed and dated ‘Jayashree/ ‘06/ ‘07’ (on the reverse)
2006‒2007
Mixed media on canvas
70 x 70 in (177.5 x 177.5 cm)

$12,330 ‒ 16,440
Rs 9,00,000 ‒ 12,00,000

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JAGANNATH PANDA (b.1970)

Untitled
Signed indistinctly and dated ‘05’ (lower right); dated, inscribed and
signed indistinctly ‘2005/ JAGANNATH PANDA’ (on the reverse)
2005
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 48 in (91.4 x 121.7 cm)
$9,590 ‒ 12,330
Rs 7,00,000 ‒ 9,00,000
PROVENANCE
Nature Morte, New Delhi
EXHIBITED
Jagannath Panda, New Delhi: Nature Morte, 10 ‒ 29 October 2005

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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT EAST COAST COLLECTOR
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RAJESH RAM (b.1978)

Untitled
Signed and dated ‘Rajesh Ram 05’ (on the reverse)
2005
Oil on canvas
53.5 x 77.5 in (135.9 x 196.9 cm)
$4,000 ‒ 6,000
Rs 2,92,000 ‒ 4,38,000
This lot is offered at NO RESERVE
PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 8‒9 November 2011, lot 72

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PROPERTY OF A LADY, MUMBAI

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G R IRANNA (b.1970)

Untitled

Signed and dated ‘Iranna/ 04’ (centre left)
2004
Acrylic on canvas
35.25 x 35.25 in (89.4 x 89.4 cm)

$4,110 ‒ 5,480
Rs 3,00,000 ‒ 4,00,000

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 6‒8 December 2005, lot 190

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131 PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 13‒14 June 2018, lot 135
N S HARSHA (b.1969)
EXHIBITED
I Treasure those Ripples we Shared The Inverted Tree, presented by Threshold Art Gallery at New
Delhi: Shridharani Gallery, 28 September ‒ 6 October 2015
Signed ‘Harsha’ (lower right); signed, dated and
inscribed ‘Harsha/ 05/ ‘I treasure those ripples we
shared/ n.s. harsha’’ (on the reverse)
2005
Wooden oars, coir rope and watercolour on paper

$24,660 ‒ 30,140
Rs 18,00,000 ‒ 22,00,000

This work comprises two parts that include a set of two
oars measuring 6.25 x 78 x 2.25 in (16 x 198 x 5.5 cm) placed
above a set of seven works on paper, each measuring
14 x 10 in (35.6 x 25.3 cm)

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N S Harsha
© Manisha Gera Baswani

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A BALASUBRAMANIAM (b.1971)

16.O

Signed ‘A Balasubramaniam’ (lower left); inscribed ‘16.O’ (lower centre);
dated and inscribed again ‘97, 13/35’ (lower right)
1997
Silkscreen on paper
Print size: 10.75 x 10 in (27.5 x 25.5 cm)
Sheet size: 29.75 x 22.25 in (75.5 x 56.5 cm)

$2,740 ‒ 4,110
Rs 2,00,000 ‒ 3,00,000

Thirteenth from a limited edition of thirty‒five

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, New Delhi

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133

HASNAT MEHMOOD (b.1978)

A Letter to All
2004
Pencil and gouache on Wasli
18 x 10.5 in (45.7 x 26.7 cm)
$6,000 ‒ 8,000
Rs 4,38,000 ‒ 5,84,000
This lot is offered at NO RESERVE
PROVENANCE
Green Cardamom, London
Saffronart, 7‒8 November 2012, lot 16
Private Collection, UK
EXHIBITED
Transcendent Contemplations: Paintings
by Hasnat Mehmood and Saira Wasim,
London: Green Cardamom, 2004
PUBLISHED
Hammad Nasar, Anna J Sloan and
Atteqa Ali, Transcendent Contemplations:
Paintings by Hasnat Mehmood and Saira
Wasim, London: Green Cardamom, 2004

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AYESHA DURRANI (b.1976)

A Broken Heart
Signed and dated in Urdu (lower right)
2009
Gold leaf marbling and gouache on Wasli
13 x 10 in (33 x 25.4 cm)
$2,500 ‒ 3,500
Rs 1,82,500 ‒ 2,55,500
This lot is offered at NO RESERVE

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 7‒8 November 2012, lot 39
Private Collection, UK

EXHIBITED
Pieces, New York: Aicon Gallery, 4 March ‒ 10 April 2010

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TALHA RATHORE (b.1970)

Untitled (Leaf)

Signed and dated in Urdu (lower left)
2002
Mixed media on paper
12.5 x 10 in (31.8 x 25.4 cm)

$6,000 ‒ 8,000
Rs 4,38,000 ‒ 5,84,000

This lot is offered at NO RESERVE

PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 7‒8 November 2012, lot 5
Private Collection, UK

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136 PROVENANCE
Saffronart, 7‒8 November 2012, lot 6
NUSRA LATIF QURESHI (b.1973) Private Collection, UK

A Set of Practical Rules II EXHIBITED
A Garden of Fruit Trees: Nusra Latif Quresh,
Signed, dated twice and inscribed ‘Nusra 2007/ Melbourne; New Delhi: Anant Art Gallery, February 2007
2007/ A set of Practical Rules‒II’ (on the reverse)
2007 PUBLISHED
Mixed media on illustration board Kavita Singh, A Garden of Fruit Trees: Nusra Latif Quresh, New
11.5 x 15.5 in (29.2 x 39.4 cm) Delhi: Anant Art Gallery, 2007

$7,000 ‒ 9,000
Rs 5,11,000 ‒ 6,57,000

This lot is offered at NO RESERVE

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IMRAN MUDASSAR (b. 1982)

a) Untitled
Signed and dated ‘IMRAN/ mudassar/ 2010’
(on the reverse)
2010
Pen and pencil on paper
15 x 11 in (38 x 28 cm)

b) Untitled
Pencil and ink on paper pasted on card
15 x 11 in (38 x 28 cm)

c) Untitled
Signed and dated ‘IMRAN/ mudassar/ 2010’
(on the reverse)
2010
Pen and pencil on paper
15 x 11 in (38 x 28 cm)

$3,000 ‒ 5,000
Rs 2,19,000 ‒ 3,65,000

(Set of three)

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PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, UK

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138

SHAHZIA SIKANDER (b.1969)

a) Metro
Signed and dated ‘Shahzia Sikander/ ‘01’ (lower
right), inscribed ‘22/25’ (lower left); inscribed ‘4
Metro’ (on the reverse)
2001
Etching on paper
Print size: 10 x 7.5 in (25.5 x 19 cm)
Sheet size: 18 x 14.5 in (46 x 37 cm)
Twenty‒second from a limited edition of twenty‒five

b) Heist
Signed and dated ‘Shahzia Sikander/ ‘01’ (lower
right), inscribed ‘22/25’ (lower left); inscribed ‘3.
Heist’ (on the reverse)
2001
Etching on paper
Print size: 10 x 7.5 in (25.5 x 19 cm)
Sheet size: 18 x 14.5 in (46 x 37 cm)
Twenty‒second from a limited edition of twenty‒five

$2,500 ‒ 3,000
Rs 1,82,500 ‒ 2,19,000
(Set of two)

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PROVENANCE
Acquired from Crown Point Press, San Francisco
Private Collection, UK

b
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139 Subodh Gupta, Rashid Rana and L.N. Tallur, New York: Bose
Pacia, 2005 (another from the edition)
RASHID RANA (b.1968) Desi Pop, Lille: Green Cardamom at Maison Folie Wazemmes,
2006‒07 (another from the edition)
Ommatidia III (Shah Rukh Khan) The 5th Asia‒Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane:
Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, 2006‒07
2004‒2005 (another from the edition)
C print on Diasec Face East: Contemporary Asian Portraiture, London: Wedel
32 x 30 in (81 x 76 cm) Fine Art, 2008 (another from the edition)
The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today, London: Saatchi
$5,000 ‒ 7,000 Gallery, 29 January ‒ 8 May 2010
Rs 3,65,000 ‒ 5,11,000
From a limited edition of twenty PUBLISHED
Rashid Rana: Identical Views, New York: Bose Pacia, Mumbai:
PROVENANCE Chatterjee & Lal, and New Delhi: Nature Morte, 2004‒05
Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (illustrated, another from the edition)
Private Collection, UK Mark Holborn ed., The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today,
London: Jonathan Cape, 2009, p. 26 (illustrated)
EXHIBITED
Rashid Rana: Identical Views, New Delhi: Nature Morte, 10 ‒ 275
31 July 2004; Mumbai: Chatterjee & Lal, 12 ‒ 26 February and
New York: Bose Pacia, 19 July ‒ 20 August 2005 (another from
the edition)

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“I stopped practising religious rituals at the age of 14, but what
holds of it is the idea of repetition, a cathartic way of overlaying
and stamping away memories. I like the fact that I can draw from
experience. In my works, it’s about the energy and repetition that
brings you to something else.”  IDRIS KHAN

Contemporary British artist Idris Khan explores concepts
of time, memory and image‒making by creating works
that are composed of multiple, often repetitive, images
that are layered on top of layer to form a composite
whole. Khan utilises from a wide range of mediums at
his disposal—photography, painting, sculpture, moving
image or installation—and from a diverse spectrum
of textual and visual sources, including art, religion,
literature, philosophy, psychology, critical theory, music,
as well as his personal and political history.

In his early works, Khan worked mainly in monochrome,
often using texts from famous books, music sheets
or art—including Susan Sontag’s On Photography, Cy
Twombly’s ‘blackboard’ series, and even The Holy Qur’an,
for instance—meticulously photographing each page/
image, and proceeding to add them on top of each other
as sequential images, until the work, while recognisable
in its original form, would nonetheless appear blurred,
and completely eroded of any detail or legibility. In this
act of repetition, the work acquires a new meaning.
“There is the distinct sense of ‘beating time’, of going back
and forth while simultaneously bringing a new creation
into being. In the past, Khan’s earlier works drew on
pre‒existing cultural artefacts and were about creating
a whole from discrete parts, however his more recent
series of works introduce another layer of mediation and
are resolutely hand‒made.” (Re‒Imaginings, Mumbai:
Galerie Isa, online)

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Image courtesy of Galerie Isa PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, MUMBAI
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IDRIS KHAN (b. 1978)

Below the Line

Signed and dated ‘Idris Khan/ 2017’ (on the reverse)
2017
Oil based ink on glass, aluminum panel
Height: 30 in (76 cm)
Width: 31.5 in (80 cm)
Depth: 2.5 in (6 cm)

$61,645 ‒ 89,045
Rs 45,00,000 ‒ 65,00,000

PROVENANCE
Galerie Isa, Mumbai

Created in 2017, the present lot is one such work in
which the artist uses printed texts, often his own prose
or poetry, which is then “stamped in densely overlaid
geometric shapes on the surface of paintings, works on
paper, sculptures and wall drawings. The texts are drawn
from the artist’s own writings in response to classic art
historical, philosophical and religious tracts.” (Galerie Isa,
online) The resulting effect appears like an explosion
of colour across the surface of his chosen medium,
but upon closer inspection reveals itself as a careful
meditative exercise.

This “performative process of prayer,” as Oliver Basciano
terms it, has its origins in Khan’s diverse heritage. The
son of a Pakistani surgeon and a Welsh nurse, Khan was
raised as a Muslim, and taught to read The Holy Qur’an
and attended the local mosques—all of which imbibed
in him a sense of the spiritual, while still instilling a
ritualistic habit of prayer and repetition. Although he
stopped practising the religion in his teens, much of his
work harks back to these personal roots. “Many artists
use their work to decipher or process the world. This is
not Khan’s aim however. Instead he leads us away from
the familiar, he pushes us into uncomfortable directions
in which an image is both figurative and abstract,
materially destructive and spiritually productive. Khan’s
work follows Adorno’s dictum instead: ‘estrangement
from the world is a moment of art’.” (Oliver Basciano,
Idris Khan: A World Within, Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2017)

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The opening/start bid is the value at which the auction house price exceeds or equals the reserve price, then the lot will be
starts the bidding on a particular lot. Absentee/proxy bids sold to the proxy bidder at the reserve price. The winning bids
received before the start of the auction will be recorded as for all sold lots will be posted on the website after the close
follows: of the auction.

(i) If the absentee/proxy bid is less than the opening bid Groups of lots are scheduled to close at different times on
value it will be recorded and displayed below the the last day of the auction. The bid closing schedule for
opening bid value at the time of the start of the auction each auction is listed online, and at the back of the printed
in the bid history for that particular lot.
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catalogue. Pre‒determined groups of lots will close according (i) Deliveries in India for lots originating in India:
to the bid‒closing schedule unless a bid is recorded within a
span of 2 minutes prior to the lot’s scheduled closing time. In Any sale of lots originating from India to an address in
this case, the lot closing time will be extended to 2 minutes India is subject to GST at applicable rates
after the time of the last bid. If this time extension takes place,
bidding on any lot will only end if there is no bid recorded for on the winning bid value and an 18% GST on the Buyer’s
a continuous period of 2 minutes. Bidders are advised to click Premium. The final charges will be determined at the
on the “click to refresh immediately” link on the website page close of the auction and will be sent by email to the
being viewed by them, or on the “Refresh” link if bidding on a winning bidder.
mobile, at regular intervals for updates on latest bids and time
extensions if any. (ii) International Shipments for lots not marked as Special
Lots:
What is Buyer’s Premium?
For lots originating from India, an 18% GST on the
In respect of each sale at the auction, Saffronart shall charge Buyer’s Premium is applicable. There may be duties
a Buyer’s Premium calculated at 20% of the winning bid value and taxes levied depending on the delivery destination
of up to and including USD 2,000,000; 15% of the winning bid which typically will be on the total of the winning bid
value in excess of USD 2,000,000 up to and including USD and shipping and handling values. Depending on the
3,000,000; and 12% of the winning bid value in excess of USD shipping address, these duties and taxes vary according
3,000,000. For lots being shipped from India, a GST (Goods to customs regulations in the destination country. Any
and Services Tax) on the Buyer’s Premium shall be payable by shipments to EU countries will be charged an additional
the buyer. This is applicable for deliveries within India as well VAT as applicable. Please contact Saffronart for further
as overseas. details.

How will I be invoiced? For imports, the terms of sale are Delivered Duty
Unpaid (DDU). It is the Buyer’s responsibility to pay all
If you win a bid, you will be sent an email after the close of international duties, customs charges, taxes and tariffs
the auction, containing an invoice for the winning bid plus to the respective authorities. Normally, the couriers we
additional charges (shipping, handling, duties and taxes as contract will pay import duties on behalf of the buyer
applicable) and the Buyer’s Premium plus GST at applicable and get reimbursed at the time of delivery.
rates. The invoicing details provided at the time of registration
will be used to raise the invoice and no changes will be (iii) Shipments and Deliveries for lots originating outside
accepted after the sale. India (lots marked with the symbol )

You may review acceptable modes of payment described in These lots are located outside India. Persons residing in
the section below. If you are the winning bidder, you are legally India can bid on and pay for in USD by complying with
bound to purchase the item from Saffronart. Please note that the appropriate foreign exchange regulations for making
purchases will not be shipped out until payment has been overseas payments. There are import duties applicable
received and cleared. on artworks shipped into India. Please contact Saffronart
for further details.
What are additional charges?
In the event that the lot is to be shipped internationally,
All post‒sales expenses, including packing, insurance, shipping additional charges for international shipments
or handling charges, are borne by the buyer. Shipping will be mentioned in the above section shall apply.
charged on courier rates and are determined by the value,
origin and destination of the package. Local deliveries will be Please Note: Lots may require permits for import or
charged at actuals. be subject to import restrictions to certain countries.
Potential buyers are advised to check import regulations
You may choose to make your own arrangements for prior to making a bid decision.
shipping and handling. However, all documentation
requirements must be complied with. Please contact us for How do I make payment?
further details.
Buyers will be required to complete payment within a period
What are the Duties and Taxes applicable on my purchase? of 7 business days from the receipt of the invoice via email.
If you have not received your invoice within 48 hours of the
All duties and taxes applicable shall be borne by the buyer close of the sale, please contact us.
and will depend on the value, origin and destination of the
package. For Buyers in India

282 Payment can be made in INR only by the following acceptable
modes of payment:

(i) Cheque/Demand Draft: To be made in favour of Saffron purchases within 10 ‒ 15 business days of completion
Art Pvt. Ltd. of all payments and documentation formalities. Buyers
who have completed payment formalities and have not
(ii) RTGS/NEFT: Details will be included with the invoice taken delivery of their lots from Saffronart within 30 days
and available upon request of the completion of payment formalities will be charged
storage and insurance at applicable rates.
(iii) Credit card: up to INR equivalent of USD 5,000
What documentation will I receive with my purchases?
For Buyers outside India Upon confirmation of delivery or receipt of shipment, we will
send you the invoices for your purchases along with the ASI
Payment can be made in USD only by the following acceptable registration certificate any relevant documentation for the lot
modes of payment: that has been mentioned in the lot details. Please note that
Saffronart does not issue any authenticity certificates.
(i) Cheque: To be made in favour of Saffron Art Pvt. Ltd.
What if my shipment reaches damaged?
(ii) Direct wire transfer: Details will be included with the All purchases from this sale are final. In the unlikely event of
invoice and available upon request your receiving a damaged product, please notify Saffronart
directly within five days of receipt of the lot. Please call or email
(iii) Credit card: up to USD 5,000 us at any of our locations mentioned in the Sales and Enquiries
section. If Saffronart does not receive any notification within
(iv) Payment from an NRE account: The invoice will be 7 business days of delivery, it shall be assumed that the lot
raised in USD based on the winning bid value, and the has been received in good condition, and no claims will be
buyer will have to transfer an equivalent INR amount entertained.
at the bank exchange rate. Please note that while USD
payments are accepted for Special Lots, we require an What are some of the symbols used next to the lots on
Indian address for shipment. auction?
(i) Lots marked with are not situated in India and
When will my purchases be delivered/can I collect my
purchases? therefore, may only be bid for and purchased in USD.
Persons residing in India, wishing to bid in USD must be
(i) For Antiquities: Upon receipt of payment from the buyer, eligible under the various foreign exchange regulations
Saffronart will apply to the ASI (Archaeological Survey to make payments overseas. Please contact Saffronart
of India) for transfer of ownership of the antiquity and for further details.
we estimate that the process will take between 60‒ 90 (ii) Lots marked with indicate that Saffronart owns the
days. We will be able to deliver your purchase as soon as lot in whole or in part or has an economic interest in the
we have completed all formalities with the ASI and the lot equivalent to an ownership interest.
antiquity has been transferred to your name.
How do I participate in your next auction?
Purchases are shipped out within 7 ‒ 10 business days If you would like to register to bid or consign to any of our
after completion of the ASI transfer, and are insured upcoming auctions please contact any of our locations listed
under the terms of Saffronart insurance policy (please in the Sales and Enquiries section.
note that frames are not insured). If there is an expected If you would like to stay informed of Saffronart’s upcoming
delay in dispatch, the buyer will be informed of the delay events, please register with us online at saffronart.com
via email, unless the buyer has indicated an alternative
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COVID‒19 global health crisis, buyers can expect a delay
in shipping and delivery of the purchased lots.

(ii) For Non‒antiquities: Purchases shipped out within 10
‒ 15 business days of the payment being cleared are
insured under the terms of Saffronart’s insurance policy
(please note that frames are not insured). If there is an
expected delay in dispatch, the buyer will be informed
of the delay via email, unless the buyer has indicated
an alternative preferred mode of communication. Due
to the prevailing COVID‒19 global health crisis, buyers
can expect some delay in shipping and delivery of the
purchased lots.

Buyers may choose to collect their purchases from
the Saffronart office in Mumbai. In such cases, buyers
are requested to make an appointment to collect

CONDITIONS FOR SALE

These conditions for sale set out the terms on which We offer 3. Catalogue Descriptions and Condition of Lot
the Lots listed in this catalogue for sale on behalf of sellers,
and if you make a successful bid, will form a contract for sale 3.1 We offer all Lots for sale at the auction on an “as is” basis,
between you and the seller. meaning that each Lot is sold with all existing faults and
imperfections. We encourage all potential buyers to
By participating in this online auction, you acknowledge that inspect each item carefully before bidding.
you are bound by these conditions for sale as listed below and
on the Website saffronart.com. You will find a glossary at the 3.2 Any statements made by Us, including by Our
end explaining the meanings of the words and expressions representatives/employees, about any Lot, whether
which are in bold. orally or in writing, concerning attribution of such Lot
to, for example, any school of art or craftsmanship,
1. Eligibility and Compliance: country or origin, history, provenance or condition, are
only expressions of Our opinion or belief. Such opinions
1.1 We have been granted a valid licence under the or beliefs have been formed honestly in accordance
Antiquities Act and Rules for conducting the auction of with the standard of care expected of an auction house,
Lots which are Antiquities and for dealing in Antiquities having due regard to the estimated value of each Lot. We
as a part of the Lots being auctioned. have not carried out any exhaustive research or analysis
on any Lot to be sold in this auction, and potential
1.2 We have verified the valid registration of the Antiquities buyers should seek appropriate advice on the condition
in the name of the relevant sellers as required under the of each Lot from their own professional advisors.
Antiquities Act and the Rules.
3.3 For the convenience of bidders, We provide condition
1.3 We will have no ownership interest in any Lot which is an reports on Lots upon request free of charge. The report
Antiquity, till the receipt of full payment by Us in respect includes Our bona fide opinion on the condition of the
of such Antiquity from a winning bidder in accordance Lot and is not an alternative to viewing and inspecting a
with paragraph 6.7 below. Upon receipt of full payment Lot by a bidder, or a bidder’s duty to seek independent
by Us from the winning bidder, the ownership of the advice on the Lot, including its description, condition
Antiquity along with its registration (as required under and authenticity.
the Antiquities Act) will be transferred/delivered by
the Seller to the winning bidder in accordance with the 3.4 The bidders undertake to:
provisions of these conditions for sale.
(i) inspect and satisfy themselves prior to the auction as to
1.4 The possession of the Lots which are Antiquities has the condition and description of the Lot;
passed from the respective sellers to Us within the
territory of India in accordance with the provisions of (ii) rely on their own judgment as to whether the Lot
the Antiquities Act and the Rules, and the sellers have matches its description; and
intimated the Archaeological Survey of India of such
transfer of possession of the concerned Antiquity from (iii) not rely on an illustration of any Lot given in the Auction
such seller to Our designated premises. Catalogue.

2. Our role as the agent of the Seller: 3.5 Size description/s of all the Lots featured in the Auction
Catalogue are approximate. We encourage all potential
2.1 We undertake to sell the Lots through this online buyers to inspect each item carefully before bidding.
auction as agents for and on behalf of sellers. Unless
stated otherwise, We have no ownership interest in any 3.6 Neither We nor any of Our Affiliates, agents,
Lot in this online auction. representatives, employees or directors shall be liable for
errors or omissions in any of the representations made in
2.2 Making a bid online constitutes an irrevocable offer to the Auction Catalogue or otherwise, with respect to the
purchase the Lot and the acceptance of a bid as the authenticity, description or condition of any Lot for sale
winning bid by Us shall result in an enforceable contract through this auction.
of sale between Us, acting solely as the agent of the seller,
and the winning bidder. 4. Viewing the Lots and Bidder Registration

284 4.1 All Lots for sale are featured in the Auction Catalogue.

The number listed next to each image is the ‘Lot number’ preserve the efficacy of the auction process. This exercise
and should be used as a reference during bidding, or for may be conducted by Us internally or through third
any information requests. The Lots in this sale may be parties solely at Our discretion.
viewed through any of the following:
4.7 All bidders are required to provide complete and accurate
(i) Viewings – details listed in the ‘Sales and Enquiries’ invoicing details to Us at the time of registration for the
section; auction and invoicing details once registered will not be
changed. The bidder shall be invoiced based on details
(ii) The Online Auction Catalogue; provided at the time of registering for the auction.

(iii) The printed Auction Catalogue; and 4.8 New bidders are advised to register at least 48 hours prior
to the bid. Know‒Your‒Customer (KYC) documents
(iv) The Mobile Auction Catalogue and/or financial reference letters are required for
individual and corporate clients and We will not grant
4.2 We may withdraw any Lot before, during, or after the bidding access if the bidder registration and KYC
online auction, if We have reasons to believe that the procedures are not complete.
authenticity of the Lot or the accuracy of the description
of the Lot is in doubt, or if there is a breach of Our terms 5. Bidding
of business, or if We otherwise believe, in Our sole
discretion, that it would be improper to include the Lot 5.1 For the convenience of bidders, in particular bidders who
in the auction. are placing bids on more than one Lot, Lot groups are
scheduled to close at different times during the auction.
4.3 All Lots shall be sold subject to the Reserve Price. If the
winning bid is below the Reserve Price, the Lot shall 5.2 The bidding for various Lot groups shall be closed in
be considered unsold. The Reserve Price on each Lot accordance with the bid closing schedule. However,
shall be confidential and We shall have no obligation to a bid can be recorded by Us in the 2 minutes prior to
disclose the same to any bidder. Lots sold in “Absolute the closing time of the Lot. The closing time for such
Auctions” or marked as sold with “No Reserve” are not Lot shall be extended to a time that is 2 minutes after
subject to a Reserve Price and will be sold to the highest the time that the last bid was made. In the event
bidder, irrespective of the bid amount. of extension of closing time in accordance with this
paragraph, bidding on the Lot shall only end if no bid
4.4 We have the sole and absolute discretion to: (i) is recorded by Us for a continuous period of 2 minutes.
determine the form and content of the descriptions Bidders are advised to click on the “Refresh” icon on the
of Lots in the Auction Catalogue, (ii) granting bidding Website page being viewed by them or on the “Refresh”
access to a bidder, (iii) recording, rejecting or accepting button in the browser at regular intervals (in accordance
bids, and (iv) deciding which bid constitutes the winning with the provisions of paragraph 5.4 below) for updates
bid, if any. on latest bids and time extensions, if any.

4.5 Online bidding access, and access to the MobileApp 5.3 The Website shall also contain a “My Auction” filtered
and the telephone bidding facility, shall be given at Our view of the Auction Catalogue and the bidder may click
discretion and We may set limits on the number of bids on this link to access information on all bids made by
that may be made by a bidder and/or require payment the bidder in respect of various Lots. For ease of tracking
guarantees or deposits as a precondition to giving bids, bidders are advised to assign bidding nicknames to
bidding access to a bidder. Bidders will be informed of themselves. The Website shall contain the bid history
their bidding limits, if any, and will not be allowed to bid for each Lot, being the bid amounts that have been
further if their bidding limit has been exhausted. recorded since the start of the auction till the current
highest bid; and a countdown clock indicating the
4.6 Bid updates and time extensions, if any, shall be updated amount of time available for placing bids before the
on the Website. On the Website, bidders may refresh closing time.
bidding values by clicking on the “Refresh” icon or the
re‒load/refresh buttons on their browsers, to view latest 5.4 The bid history, current bid and countdown clock shall
bid updates and time extensions, if any. We shall evaluate
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be accurate at the time of downloading of those values. on fluctuations in market exchange rates. The estimates
However, such information shall not reflect any changes for individual Lots have been ‘rounded off’ for ease of
in the bid history, current bid and/or countdown clock reference and may not reflect the exact exchange rate
that may have occurred during the time taken for this used for bid calculations.
information to reach the bidder’s computer from Our
server. The most updated bid values shall be shown 5.9 Technical Downtime: 
only when the information on bid values is refreshed,
which shall happen either automatically, or when a In the unlikely event that the Website or MobileApp is
bidder clicks on the “Refresh” icon on the Website inaccessible to bidders or partially disabled due
page, or on the “Refresh” or “Reload” button on his/ to  Technical Downtime  at any time during the half
her internet browser. After the values on the page have an hour prior to the scheduled closing time of the
been refreshed, any changes in the bid history shall not auction for any of the  Lot  groups, the closing time of
be visible to the bidder until the values are refreshed that  Lot  group and subsequent  Lot  groups will be
again, whether automatically on the Website, or by the extended by a duration of thirty (30) minutes.  In case
bidder.  the  Technical Downtime  extends beyond the closing
time for a particular  Lot  group, the  Website  and
5.5 When the countdown clock counts down to zero, in the  MobileApp, as the case may be, shall, after
the case where the closing time in respect of a particular the  Technical Downtime, show the auction for the
Lot has been extended by a further 2 minutes pursuant particular  Lot  group as closed. However, the closing
to paragraph 5.2 above, the countdown clock may time for such Lot group and subsequent Lot groups shall
not reflect such extension. The bidder may wait for be extended by a duration of thirty (30) minutes  and
the values on the page to refresh automatically on the appropriate details of the extension shall be published
Website, or click on the “Refresh” icon on the page, or on the Website shortly after recovery from the Technical
on the “Refresh” or “Reload” button on his/her internet Downtime. Bids recorded prior to any  Technical
browser after the countdown clock has counted down Downtime  will be treated as valid.  We may however
to zero to determine whether the closing time has been reopen some or all of the closed Lots in a particular
extended for that Lot. closed Lot group for bidding in the event bidding access
to such Lots was unavailable/ unresponsive/ restricted
5.6 The countdown clock combined with the current during the Technical Downtime, and appropriate details
highest bid as shown on the bid history on the Website regarding the reopening of such Lots shall be published
shall only be an indication of the highest bid amount at on the Website shortly after recovery from the Technical
the time when the values on the Website were refreshed Downtime.
in the manner set out in paragraph 5.4 above. Should
bidders want more frequent updates, they are advised We shall not be liable for any loss of information due to
to refresh values as described in paragraph 5.5 above the Technical Downtime. The data logs of Our server
in order to view the most updated bid history and will determine the duration of the Technical Downtime
countdown clock. and any determination made by Us in respect of
extension of the closing time shall be final.
5.7 Bidders may download the MobileApp onto any mobile
device that supports Android and iOS, and use it to 5.10 Due to the nature of internet and/or mobile traffic,
place advance bids. To avail of this service, you must be there may be an unpredictable time‒lag between a
registered as a bidder. We do not accept any liability in bidder placing a bid, and that bid being received by Us.
the unlikely event that a bid through the MobileApp is Therefore, although a bidder may have placed his/her
not executed or executed incorrectly. bid prior to the closing time, the bid may be received by
Us after the closing time for the Lot in respect of which
5.8 The foreign currency exchange rate used is constant the bid has been placed and shall, in such an event, be
during the auction, and has currently been set at rejected. In order to prevent bids being rejected in such
1:73 (USD:INR). Prior to the start of the auction, We may a manner, bidders may set proxy bids/automatic bids on
at Our discretion change the exchange rate used, based Lots which the bidder wishes to bid for.

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5.11 Proxy bids may be recorded with Us 12 hours prior to that We cannot agree to requests to remove these
the closing time, subject to the other provisions of these details from the Website.
conditions for sale, including any limits imposed by Us
on the number of bids that a bidder may place. Proxy 5.18 At Our discretion, proxy bids submitted on “no reserve”
bids are accepted from bidders once they have been Lots will be executed at a minimum of 10% of the lower
given bidding access for the auction and may be entered estimate of the relevant Lot if there is no competing bid,
prior to auction start and up until the auction closes. and provided that the proxy bid amount is greater than
such minimum value. Notwithstanding the above, in
Once a bid is registered in Our system, whether placed the event that there is a bid lower than such minimum
by an active bidder or by proxy, it is immediately and value and there is no competing higher bid, then We
automatically displayed for all registered users to see. may, at Our discretion, execute the Lot at such lower
value.
5.12 Bidders are advised to keep their login ID and password
secure at all times. We will hold the bidder responsible 5.19 We shall retain the right to display the results of the
for all bids placed using their login ID and password, sale and Lot details sold by Us, including catalogue
whether via the Website or through the MobileApp. descriptions and prices on the Website at all times,
Bidders choosing to bid via telephone are advised to re‒ including after the completion of the sale. We regret
set their passwords at the close of the auction. that We cannot agree to requests to remove these
details from the Website.
5.13 Our employees may not bid in the auction once the
auction has started. They may, however, submit an 6. Completing the Purchase
absentee/proxy bid for an amount which may be equal
to or above the lower estimate of a Lot before the 6.1 We will raise invoices on the winning bidder for the sale
auction commences. Once the auction has started, they price and Buyer’s Premium, applicable taxes on sale
may not increase their bid or alter it in any way. Our of the Lots and other additional charges that may be
employees may also bid in charity auctions that are held incurred by Us, if any, including shipping and handling of
on the Auction Platform. the Lots and additional levies.

5.14 Our auction platform does not allow any bids to be 6.2 (a) The title to all Lots marked with shall pass from
placed by Us on behalf of a seller. All bids recorded are the seller to Us outside the territory of the United States
from registered bidders. of America.

5.15 We have the right to exercise reasonable discretion in 6.2 (b) The title to the Lots other than mentioned in 6.2(a)
setting bid increments, refusing any bid, advancing the above shall pass to the winning bidder at the time that
bidding, withdrawing or dividing any Lot, combining any bidding is closed for each Lot and such winning bidder
two or more Lots, and in the case of error or dispute, shall thereafter assume full risk and responsibility for
during or after the sale, determining the successful such Lot. In any event, the Lots purchased will not be
bidder, continuing the bidding, cancelling the sale or released or shipped out to the winning bidder or his/
reoffering and reselling the item in dispute. If any dispute her representative until the winning bidder has fulfilled
arises after the sale, then, in the absence of any evidence his payment and other obligations as described in these
to the contrary, the sale record maintained by Us will be conditions for sale.
conclusive.
6.3 For Lots which are not Antiquities, the title to the Lots
5.16 We reserve the right not to award the winning bid to purchased shall pass to the winning bidder at the time
the bidder with the highest bid at the closing date if We that bidding is closed for each Lot and such winning
deem it necessary to do so. bidder shall thereafter assume full risk and responsibility
for such Lot(s). In any event, Lots purchased will not be
5.17 We shall retain the right to display the results of the released or shipped out to the winning bidder or his/her
sale and Lot details sold by Us, including catalogue representative until the winning bidder has fulfilled his/
descriptions and prices on the Website at all times, her payment and other obligations as described in these
including after the completion of the sale. We regret conditions for sale.

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6.4 (a) Subject to fulfilment of all these conditions for sale, 2,000,000 up to and including USD 3,000,000 and (iii)
the title to the Lots which are Antiquities shall pass to 12% of the winning bid value in excess of USD 3,000,000.
the winning bidder upon full payment by the winning GST applicable on the Buyer’s Premium shall be payable
bidder to Us, and such winning bidder assumes full risk by the winning bidder.
and responsibilities thereafter. However, since We cannot
deliver possession of the Antiquity to a third person prior 6.6 The winning bidder shall be invoiced based on details
to transferring the ownership along with valid registration provided at the time of registering for the auction.
to such third person in accordance with the provisions Winning bidders located in India will be invoiced in INR
of the Antiquities Act and the Rules, subject to receipt and all other winning bidders will be invoiced in USD.
by Us of full payment and of the duly signed requisite Payments must be made in the currency on the invoice
forms and documents from the winning bidder required in any of the following modes of payment.
for the purpose of transferring the ownership along
with registration of the Antiquity to the winning bidder, For INR payments
We shall make best endeavours to transfer/deliver such
Antiquity to the winning bidder within 90 days from the 1. Cheque/Demand Draft
date of the receipt of full payment, and transfer papers
from the winning bidder. The winning bidders are hereby 2. RTGS/NEFT
made aware that the process for transfer of ownership
along with registration from one person to the other 3. Credit card: up to INR equivalent of USD 5,000
in accordance with the provisions of the Antiquities
Act and the Rules is a process administered by the For USD payments
Archaeological Survey of India and may take longer
than the envisaged period of 90 days. We will not be 1. Cheque
responsible for any delays involved in transfer/delivery of
ownership along with registration of any Antiquity. In the 2. Direct wire transfer
event that the registering officer or any other employee
of the Archaeological Survey of India empowered to 3. Credit card: up to USD 5,000
execute the transfer of ownership along with registration
of an Antiquity insists on sending the duly transferred NOTE: Payments in excess of USD 5,000, or its INR
registration certificate directly to the winning bidder, equivalent, must be made through a wire transfer
We will not be responsible for any damage or loss in or cheque. We and Our Affiliates will not be held
transit of the said registration certificate. Winning bidders responsible for any refusal or failure to accept modes of
are advised to read and abide by the provisions of the payment not outlined above.
Antiquities Act and the Rules and all notifications issued
thereunder from time to time, which are available with 6.7 The winning bidder shall pay the sale price and Buyer’s
the Archaeological Survey of India and also at the website Premium in full (including the applicable taxes and
of the Archaeological Survey of India (www.asi.nic.in). other charges, if any) within 7 (seven) business days
from the date of invoice. Subject to paragraph 6.4 above,
6.4 (b) Lots over a hundred years old, whether registered with no shipment or delivery of the Lot will be made to the
the ASI or otherwise, or deemed National Treasures, are winning bidder if the sale price and Buyer’s Premium
NON‒EXPORTABLE as per the Antiquities Act and the (including the applicable taxes and other service
Rules, and cannot be exported out of India. charges, if any) are not received by Us and until all proper
documentation in connection with the sale of the Lot
6.5 In respect of each sale at the auction, We shall charge a has been completed, and until the ownership along with
Buyer’s Premium calculated at the rate of (i) 20% of the registration of the Lot has not been transferred from
winning bid value of up to and including USD 2,000,000 the seller to the winning bidder (in case of Lots which
(ii) 15% of the winning bid value in excess of USD are Antiquities, such transfer being in accordance with
the provisions of the Antiquities Act and the Rules).
288 Payments will not be accepted from any parties other
than the winning bidder as recorded on the invoice. Due
to the prevailing COVID‒19 global health crisis, buyers
can expect some delay in shipping and delivery of the
purchased Lot/s.

6.8 The winning bidder acknowledges that We will abide by within 30 days of the registration formalities being
any export restrictions that may apply in the countries completed, We shall arrange for storage of the Antiquity
from where specific Lots will be shipped. The winning at the winning bidder’s expense, and shall only release
bidder shall also be responsible to ensure that the Lot(s) the Antiquity after payment has been made, in full, of
are freely importable into his/her country or to the the sale price and Buyer’s Premium, including storage
country where the destination for delivery (as specified and insurance at applicable rates.
by the winning bidder) is located. If the winning
bidder or We become aware of any restrictions to such 6.12 We shall be entitled to exercise a lien on the Lot for
import subsequent to the completion of the auction, payment of any sums due to Us from the winning
the winning bidder shall provide an alternate delivery bidder, including the sale price, Buyer’s Premium or
destination to Us. All costs associated with the process costs relating to storage and insurance where they are
of delivery and storage (when required) of the Lot shall to be borne by the winning bidder, in relation to any Lot
be borne by the winning bidder. The Lot(s) shall be purchased by the winning bidder.
handed over to the winning bidder or his/her nominee
only upon full payment of all such costs, subject to 7. Authenticity Guarantee
clause 6.7 above.
7.1 We provide a limited guarantee on the authenticity of
6.9 Lots marked as “Art Treasures” and/or “Antiquities” under the Lots for a period of one year from the date of the
the Antiquities Act and Rules cannot be exported auction of such Lots. We only guarantee, subject to
outside India, notwithstanding that the payment in lieu the qualifications below, the information mentioned in
of such Lots may be received from the winning bidder all capital letters in the title heading of the Lot in the
in USD. If you are the successful bidder for any such Auction Catalogue. We do not guarantee any other
Lot, you agree not to export such Lot outside of India. attribute of such Lot even if such other attribute is in all
Each winning bidder is solely responsible for meeting capital letters.
the requirements of the Antiquities Act and Rules, or
any related state legislation. Please note that the Lots 7.2 The authenticity guarantee does not apply to title
are marked for your convenience only, and We do not heading or part of a title heading which is qualified. A title
accept any liability for errors or for failing to mark the heading is qualified when it is limited by a clarification or
Lots. limitation in all capital letters in the title heading of the
Lot in the Auction Catalogue.
6.10 Non payment: In case payments are not received within
7 business days of each invoice, We shall treat the same 7.3 The authenticity guarantee does not apply if the title
as a breach of contract of sale by the winning bidder, and heading of the Lot in the Auction Catalogue, as on the
the seller may, in such an event, authorise Us to take any date of auction or as amended by any saleroom notice,
steps (including the institution of legal proceedings), as either is in accordance with the generally accepted
it may deem to be appropriate to enforce payment by opinion of experts, or indicates that there is a conflict of
the winning bidder. In addition, the winning bidder will opinion of such experts.
be charged demurrage at 1% of the total value (winning
bid plus Buyer’s Premium) or INR 10,000 per month, 7.4 The authenticity guarantee does not apply if it is proved
whichever is higher, till the date of actual payment. that the title heading of the Lot in all capital letters in the
Auction Catalogue, is not authentic only by scientific
6.11 With respect to Lots which are Antiquities, pursuant to means or processes which, on the date We published
the ownership along with registration of the Antiquity the Auction Catalogue, was not generally available
being transferred to the winning bidder in accordance or accepted, or which was unreasonably expensive or
with the provisions of the Antiquities Act and Rules, if impractical to use, or which was likely to have caused
the winning bidder informs Us that the winning bidder damage to the Lot, or which was likely to have caused
wishes to collect the Antiquity from Us in person and loss of value to the Lot.
such Antiquity is not collected by the winning bidder
7.5 In the unlikely event that within one year from the sale
of the Lot through auction, it is proved by the winning
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not authentic and if, in Our opinion, bidders being aware 8. Privacy of Personal Information
of such error or omission would have bid significantly
less than the actual sale price, We shall be entitled to 8.1 We will maintain the confidentiality of your personal
rescind the sale, and the seller will be liable to refund to information as disclosed to Us and undertake to not
the winning bidder the sale price paid for the Lot. disclose such information to any third party, unless
otherwise required by law or a governmental authority.
7.6 The guarantee above shall be subject to the following
conditions: 8.2 The winning bidder agrees to maintain the confidentiality
of the information about the seller, including name
(i) the claim is made by the winning bidder as registered and address, as mentioned in any Antiquity related
with Us and if the winning bidder has owned the Lot document/s.
continuously between the date of auction and the date
of claim (the benefit of the claim is not assignable to any 9. Extent of Our Liability
subsequent owners or others who may acquire or have
an interest in any of the Lots); 9.1 We have an obligation to refund the sale price and
Buyer’s Premium to the winning bidder only in the
(ii) the concerned property in the Lot is returned to Us in circumstances described above (in paragraph 7).
the same condition that it was in at the time of delivery Damages to, or losses or loss in value of any of the Lots
of such property in the Lot to the winning bidder; and (excluding frames) incurred during shipping and transit
are covered as per the insurance policy obtained by
(iii) the concerned property in the Lot is indisputably the Us. In case the winning bidder opts out of insurance
same as purchased through the auction. coverage arranged for by Us, We shall not entertain any
claims for damage or loss during shipping and transit.
Once We obtain the refunded amount from the seller, Subject to the authenticity guarantee above, neither
We shall forward the same along with the amount Our suppliers nor Us, nor any of Our employees or
charged by Us as the Buyer’s Premium to the winning agents, shall be responsible, either for the correctness
bidder. We shall not be accountable to the winning of any statements as to the authorship, origin, date, age,
bidder for any taxes, shipping, handling or any other attributes or genuineness of any Lot in the sale, or for any
charges that may have been applicable at any time from mistakes in the description of the Lots, or for any faults
the sale of the Lot till the claim. or defects in the Lots, or for any other act or omission
whatsoever. We offer no guarantee or warranty other
7.7 All such claims will be handled on a case‒by‒case basis, than the limited guarantee set out in paragraph 7 above.
and in the case of an authenticity claim, We will require
that examinable proof, which clearly demonstrates that 9.2 The rescission of the sale and the refund of the total sale
the Lot is not authentic, is provided by an established price paid by the winning bidder is the sole remedy that may
and acknowledged authority. Our decision in respect of be sought by a winning bidder, and such remedy is exclusive
such claims shall be final and binding. and in lieu of any other remedy which may otherwise be
available under law. We shall not be liable for any incidental
7.8 In all cases, We retain the right to consult with, at the or consequential damages incurred or claimed.
expense of the winning bidder, two recognised experts
in the field (such experts being mutually acceptable to 10. Copyright
Us and the winning bidder), to examine the Lot under
question before deciding to rescind the sale and offer the All content of Our Auction Catalogue, the print catalogue,
refund under the guarantee set out above. The opinion eCatalogue and content on the Website and MobileApp are
of the experts shall not be binding on Us. copyright protected in favour of “Saffronart”. All trademarks,
names, brand names, etc. used in the print Auction
7.9 In the event of the seller’s failure to refund the proceeds as Catalogue and on the Website and MobileApp are either
stated in this paragraph, the winning bidder shall return trademarks or registered trademarks of Saffronart, or of their
the concerned property in the Lot to Us and authorise respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein
Us as its agent to initiate legal proceedings against are reserved. No image, illustration or written material maybe
the seller. Any such steps taken or legal proceedings used or required without Our prior written permission. We
instituted by Us against the seller shall be to the cost of and the seller(s) make no representation or warranty that the
the winning bidder.

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winning bidder of a Lot will acquire any copyright or other Lot in whole or in part or has an economic interest in the
reproduction rights in it. Lot equivalent to an ownership interest.

11. Legal Notices GLOSSARY
11.1 We may validly serve a bidder with legal notice, if
Affiliates: Saffron Art Private Limited, Planet Saffron Inc., and
required, under these conditions of sale by: their holding or subsidiary companies as on the date of the
(i) sending an email to the email address disclosed by the online auction.

bidder to Us; or Antiquities Act: The Antiquities and Art Treasures Act, 1972
(ii) sending a courier to the address disclosed by the bidder and any amendments made thereto from time to time.

to Us. Antiquity/Antiquities: An antiquity as per Section 2 of
11.2 Such legal notice shall be deemed to have been properly the Antiquities Act and registered under the provisions of
Sections 14 and 16 of the Antiquities Act.
served:
(i) in the case of email transmission ‒ on the date of the Auction Catalogue: The catalogue published by Us, whether
in print, on the MobileApp or on the Website, containing
transmission; or details of the auction along with the description, price
(ii) in case of transmission by courier ‒ 2 business days after and other details of Antiquities to be offered for sale at
such auction. In case of any discrepancy between the print
the dispatch of the notice by courier. Auction Catalogue, the MobileApp Auction Catalogue, the
online Auction Catalogue and/or the eCatalogue, the online
12. Waiver Auction Catalogue, as modified by Us from time to time,
No failure or delay in exercising any right, power, privilege shall take precedence.
or remedy under these conditions for sale shall in any way
impair or affect the exercise thereof or operate as a waiver Buyer’s Premium: The amount charged by Us from the
thereof in whole or in part. No single or partial exercise of any winning bidder for services rendered by Us, in accordance with
right, power, privilege or remedy under these conditions for these conditions for sale, in connection with the purchase of
sale shall prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the the Lots by the winning bidder.
exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy.
GST: Goods and Services Tax
13. Severability
If any part of these conditions of sale between the winning Lot/Lots: A property, including an Antiquity, to be offered
bidder and Us is found by any court of law to be invalid, illegal at the auction, or two or more properties/ Antiquities to be
or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest offered at the auction as a group.
of the conditions shall be enforceable to the fullest extent
permissible by law. MobileApp: Mobile application developed by Saffronart,
in Saffronart’s capacity as Our service provider providing a
14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction mobile auction platform for the auction.
These conditions for sale are subject to the laws of India. All
parties are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of courts at Our/Us/We: Saffronart Management Corporation, acting
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. either on its own behalf, or as a representative of any of its
Affiliates.
15. Symbols used in this catalogue
Lots marked with are not situated in India and Reserve Price: The minimum price that a seller has
therefore, may only be bid for and purchased in USD. communicated to Us as being acceptable for the sale of a Lot
Persons residing in India, wishing to bid in USD must be through the auction.
eligible under the various foreign exchange regulations
to make payments overseas. Please contact Saffronart Rules: The Antiquities and Art Treasure Rules, 1973 and any
for further details. amendments made thereto from time to time.
Lots marked with indicate that Saffronart owns the
Technical Downtime: The time period during which the
Website or its server is not in operation due to a malfunction.

Website: Saffronart’s website (www.saffronart.com), in
Saffronart’s capacity as Our service provider providing an
online auction platform for the auction.

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CLOSING SCHEDULE

Auction Closing
For your convenience, especially if you are bidding on multiple lots, groups of lots are scheduled to close at different times on 10
December, 2020.
Pre‒determined groups of lots will close according to the bid‒closing schedule below unless a bid is recorded within a span of 2
minutes prior to the lot’s scheduled closing time. In this case, the countdown clock for that lot will be reset to 2 minutes and the
lot closing time will be extended accordingly. Bidding on any lot will only end if there is no bid recorded for a span of 2 minutes.
Lots have been allotted into groups, and the closing schedule for the various groups is as follows:

Groups Lot Number Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time Closing Time

(India) (US Eastern) (US Pacific) (UK) (Japan) (Hong Kong)

1 41‒59 8 PM 9.30 AM 6.30 AM 2.30 PM 11.30 PM 10.30 PM

2 60‒79 8.15 PM 9.45 AM 6.45 AM 2.45 PM 11.45 PM 10.45 PM

3 80‒100 8.30 PM 10 AM 07 AM 3 PM 12 AM 11 PM
(Dec 11, 2020)

4 101‒118 8.45 PM 10.15 AM 7.15 AM 3.15 PM 12.15 AM 11.15 PM
(Dec 11, 2020)

5 119‒140 9 PM 10.30 AM 7.30 AM 3.30 PM 12.30 AM 11.30 PM
(Dec 11, 2020)

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ABSENTEE/PROXY BID FORM

To enter absentee/proxy bids, please sign the completed form and email it to [email protected]. You may also submit
absentee/proxy bids online. For additional information, please refer to our “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” section at the back
of the catalogue or on the Saffronart website.
“I request Saffronart, without legal obligation on its part, to bid on the Lots listed below, up to the maximum price I have specified.
I agree that my Bid will be treated as an offer and is subject to the Conditions for Sale listed in the catalogue and on saffronart.com.
I understand that Saffronart is accepting written Bids for the convenience of clients and I will not hold it liable for failure to record
my Bid. I understand that a maximum Bid, once recorded, may not be cancelled.”

Please print clearly in capital letters. Please mention the lot number and description accurately (artist name, title). Bidders are required to provide all invoicing details
prior to the sale. The bidder as registered with Saffronart will be invoiced, and no invoices will be changed after the sale.

Lot No. Artist/Description Maximum Bid Amount in USD / INR

Name: Email:
Address:
Pin/Post Code: Country:
City: Tel (office/home):
Tel (mobile):
Saffronart username:

Signature

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BIDDING INCREMENTS

Bidding begins below the lower estimate, and increases in steps, or increments. The next valid bid is based on the increments listed
below. If bidders enter a proxy bid online, the next bid is placed at the minimum incremental value.

Below $5000 $500,000 ‒ $1,000,000
• By $100 up to but less than $1,000 • By $50,000 up to but less than $750,000
• By $150 up to but less than $2,500 • By $75,000 up to but less than $1,000,000
• By $250 up to but less than $5,000
$1,000,000 ‒ $10,000,000
$5,000 ‒ $10,000 • By $100,000 up to but less than $2,000,000
• By $500 up to but less than $7,500 • By $200,000 up to but less than $3,000,000
• By $750 up to but less than $10,000 • By $300,000 up to but less than $4,000,000
• By $400,000 up to but less than $5,000,000
$10,000 ‒ $50,000 • By $500,000 up to but less than $6,000,000
• By $1,000 up to but less than $15,000 • By $600,000 up to but less than $7,000,000
• By $1,500 up to but less than $25,000 • By $700,000 up to but less than $8,000,000
• By $2,500 up to but less than $50,000 • By $800,000 up to but less than $9,000,000
• By $900,000 up to but less than $10,000,000
$50,000 ‒ $100,000 • By $1,000,000 from $10,000,000
• By $5,000 up to but less than $75,000
• By $7,500 up to but less than $100,000 INR increments are subject to change depending on the
exchange rate for the auction.
$100,000 ‒ $500,000
• By $10,000 up to but less than $150,000
• By $15,000 up to but less than $200,000
• By $20,000 up to but less than $250,000
• By $25,000 up to but less than $500,000

1. I agree and consent to paying the Buyer’s Premium calculated at the rate of 20% of the winning bid value of up to and including USD
2,000,000; 15% of the winning bid value in excess of USD 2,000,000 up to and including USD 3,000,000; and 12% of the winning bid
value in excess of USD 3,000,000. All applicable duties and taxes, and shipping and handling charges shall be borne by me.

2. I understand that if Saffronart receives identical absentee/proxy Bids, and if these Bids are the highest for the Lot, Saffronart will sell
the Lot to the Bidder whose Bid it received and accepted first.

3. I understand that absentee/proxy Bids submitted on “no reserve” lots will be executed at a minimum of 10% of the lower estimate
(the "Minimum Value"), if there is no competing Bid, and the absentee/proxy Bid amount is greater than the Minimum Value.

For New Bidders
If you have not previously registered with saffronart.com, please create a username on our website. To participate in this auction, you
will have to pre–register with your login details. When contacted by our representative, please provide a proof of identity and address
document, such as a copy of an official photo identity card (either a PAN Card, National Identity Card, Passport or Driver’s Licence). Once
your documents are verified, you will be given access to bid. You may also call our auction helpline at +91 22 2432 2898.

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INDEX K H ARA JAIDEV BAGHEL

K M ADIMOOLAM

Lot 70 p. 185 Lot 50 p. 155 Lot 111 p. 238
LADO BAI MANJIT BAWA
A
Lot 117 p. 244 BALASUBRAMANIAM
N S BENDRE
Lot 132 p. 268 Lot 83 p. 203

NATVAR BHAVSAR SAKTI BURMAN

Lot 48 p. 153 Lot 49 p. 154 Lot 100 p. 225 Lot 84 p. 205

ARPANA CAUR JAYASHREE CHAKRAVARTY AVINASH CHANDRA

Lot 80 p. 200 Lot 127 p. 260 Lot 95 p. 218

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JOGEN CHOWDHURY BAUA DEVI

Lot 87 p. 208 Lot 88 p. 209 Lot 118 p. 245
ATUL DODIYA
ANJU DODIYA

Lot 120 p. 251 Lot 121 p. 253 Lot 119 p. 249
SATISH GUJRAL
AYESHA DURRANI K LAXMA GOUD

Lot 134 p. 270 Lot 104 p. 231 Lot 51 p. 157
SATISH GUJRAL
N S HARSHA

Lot 73 p. 189 Lot 131 p. 266

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S L HALDANKAR SOMNATH HORE

Lot 44 p. 146 Lot 85 p. 206 B MANJUNATH KAMATH
M F HUSAIN G R IRANNA

Lot 67 p. 181 Lot 130 p. 265 Lot 123 p. 255
GEORGE KEYT IDRIS KHAN KRISHEN KHANNA

Lot 79 p. 199 Lot 140 p. 279 Lot 47 p. 150
KRISHEN KHANNA RAM KUMAR

Lot 65 p. 177 Lot 66 p. 179 Lot 102 p. 229 Lot 45 p. 147

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RAM KUMAR JIVYA SOMA MASHE

Lot 46 p. 149 Lot 99 p. 223 Lot 112 p. 239
ANJOLIE ELA MENON IMRAN MUDASSAR
HASNAT
MEHMOOD

Lot 133 p. 269 Lot 68 p. 183 Lot 69 p. 184 Lot 137 p. 273
BADRI NARAYAN

Lot 75 p. 192 Lot 76 p. 193 Lot 86 p. 207
AKBAR PADAMSEE JAGANNATH PANDA MANU PAREKH

Lot 89 p. 210 Lot 128 p. 263 Lot 58 p. 164

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