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Atul Bose | UNTITLED (SET OF FEMALE STUDIES; ONE DOUBLE -SIDED)
Description
Signed 'Atul Bose' lower right; Unsigned
Pencil on paper; Ink on paper
14 x 8 in. (35.5 x 20.3 cm.); 11 ⅝ x 8 ½ in. (29.5 x 21.5 cm.)
Auction
Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art
From March 18, 2019 to March 18, 2019 in New York
Continental | A SILVER ASTRONOMICAL VERGE WATCH WITH INDICATIONS FOR DATE, MONTH, PHASE AND AGE OF THE MOON, SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND PERIODS OF THE DAY CIRCA 1690
Description
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Movement:
gilded full plate, verge escapement, broad decoratively pierced balance cock and foot with scrolling foliage, plain flat balance with spring, silver regulation disc, fusee and chain, pierced tulip pillars,
bearing the signature Quare, London
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Dial:
gilded with stippled ground, three silver chapter rings for date (
lacking hand)
, time with blued steel hand and moon age indicated via a pointer mounted on a silver disc chased and engraved with stars and with circular aperture to reveal the moon phases, three further apertures for signs of the zodiac with corresponding ruling planet, month with engraved seasonal vignettes and periods of the day with the changing sky
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Case:
plain silver case, case back with shuttered winding aperture,
later
pendant with plain ring,
maker's mark ST,
further indistinct mark
diameter 54.5mm
Auction
Masterworks of Time: George Daniels, Visionary
From July 2, 2019 to July 2, 2019 in London
