Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
G. M. SOLCQUANDAR (DATES UNKNOWN) SEE INDIA / AJANTA FRESCOES / CAVE TEMPLES. 1934.
39 1/2x25 inches, 100 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Bolton Fine Art, Bombay.
Condition B+: restored pin holes and restoration in corners.
Discovered in 1817, the frescoes of the Ajanta caves were created between the 2nd century B.C. and the 7th century A.D. Within a complex of 29 caves, the frescoes are a picture book to teach novices of the various incarnations of the Buddha. Religious in nature and artistically complex, the paintings cover the walls and ceilings of chapels, temples and monasteries which are all carved into the side of a ravine.