# Arts Bespoke

> A global family art house, home in Mumbai, dealing in modern and contemporary art. Private sales,
> written valuations for insurance and succession, collection advisory, and consignment.
> Slogan: Art as an Asset. Contact: clientadvisory@artsbespoke.com · https://artsbespoke.com/contact/.

Arts Bespoke does not hold public auctions. It places works privately between named
parties, issues written valuations accompanied by the comparable auction results they
rest on, and documents every work with a provenance chain, a condition report, and a
house inventory number that stays with the work for life.

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factual and may be cited with attribution to Arts Bespoke (https://artsbespoke.com).

## Pages

- [True-Scale Wall Art Visualizer for Galleries](https://artsbespoke.com/wall-tool/): On Your Wall, the house's true-scale see-it-on-your-wall tool, is licensed to galleries, interior designers, framers and furniture stores, set up with their own works and name; demonstration on request.
- [Sell Indian Art in Mumbai, Bought Outright](https://artsbespoke.com/we-buy/): The house buys modern and contemporary Indian paintings outright from collectors, families and estates; a written view and, where it wishes to buy, an offer within five working days; no charge for the assessment.
- [Art for Architects & Designers in Mumbai](https://artsbespoke.com/architects/): Architects and interior designers send a project brief; the house proposes original works, shows them at true scale on the client's wall (On Your Wall), arranges viewings at the house or on site, and delivers and hangs the work. Practice terms in writing.
- [Exhibit in Mumbai: Shows for Global Artists](https://artsbespoke.com/exhibit/): Artists and galleries from London, Dubai and elsewhere can propose a show in Mumbai: on consignment, or under exclusive representation for Mumbai. The house meets the cost of the show and the opening; terms are agreed in writing first.
- [Private Art Gallery Venue Hire in Mumbai](https://artsbespoke.com/venue/): Hire a room at the house in Mumbai by the day (around Rs 10,000 a day) for launches, dinners, meetings, talks and shoots, with original Indian art on the walls; any work on the wall can be bought.
- [Private Viewings in Mumbai](https://artsbespoke.com/viewings/): Book a private viewing of a work, one collector at a time: at the house (Art House, 106, New Cuffe Parade, Mumbai), at your home, office or hotel in Mumbai, or by video. No charge, no deposit.
- [Home](https://artsbespoke.com/): The house and what it does: private sales, valuations, collection advisory, consignment (20% commission, 30-day placement), room hire at the Art House (around Rs 10,000 a day), shows in Mumbai for artists and galleries abroad, art for architects and designers, outright purchase of paintings, and licensing of the On Your Wall tool.
- [वर्चुअल प्रदर्शनी केंद्र (Hindi)](https://artsbespoke.com/exhibition/hi/): The Virtual Exhibition Center in Hindi: 59 works in five rooms, the Ravi Varma Press lithographic stones, an open call for artists, and answers to common questions in Hindi.
- [राजा रवि वर्मा (Hindi)](https://artsbespoke.com/ravi-varma/hi/): Raja Ravi Varma in Hindi: life, the Ravi Varma Press (1894), the Rs 167.20 crore record (1 April 2026), the 20 lithographic stones, a stone of the day, and answers to common questions.
- [Virtual Exhibition Center](https://artsbespoke.com/exhibition/): Walk all 59 works across five rooms (abstract, figures and portraits, devotional and narrative, landscape and nature, the Ravi Varma Press stones). Search and filter by artist, colour, price band or any word; open a dossier for each work with its price in figures and words, what comes with it, the artist's profile and related works; ask on WhatsApp in one tap; place any work on a photograph of your own wall with the light matched; take a guided tour. Includes a complete index, guides for buyers, sellers and artists, and answers to common questions.
- [Works Available](https://artsbespoke.com/works/): Works the house currently has, each with artist where evidenced, title, year, medium, dimensions and provenance as established, and a price where one is published, otherwise on request in writing.
- [The World Masters](https://artsbespoke.com/world/): World art movements from the Renaissance to Dansaekhwa with their defining artists, the twelve highest prices ever paid at public auction (led by Leonardo's Salvator Mundi at USD 450.3 million, Christie's New York, 15 November 2017), and the size of the global art market: USD 59.6 billion in 2025 per the Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2026, with dealers at 34.8 billion against 20.7 billion at auction.
- [Art as an Asset](https://artsbespoke.com/asset/): What art does and does not do as a holding — transaction costs, insurance, conservation, illiquidity, what sets price, and who it suits. Includes published Indian auction records.
- [The House](https://artsbespoke.com/house/): How Arts Bespoke is arranged — Client Advisory, the Registrar, Valuations & Estates, the Managing Partner — and what the house will not do.
- [Mr. Ashwin Agarwal, Chairman](https://artsbespoke.com/people/ashwin-agarwal/): Chairman of Arts Bespoke and Chairman and Managing Director of the Safe & Secure Group, the family enterprise he leads in its third generation. The final judge of what the house will stand behind.
- [Ms. Sonu Agarwal, Founder](https://artsbespoke.com/people/sonu-agarwal/): Founder of Arts Bespoke. Connoisseur and collector, also Founder of The Lavender Story and a Director of the Safe & Secure Group.
- [Mr. Prakash Bal Joshi, Honorary Art Adviser](https://artsbespoke.com/people/prakash-bal-joshi/): Mumbai painter and writer, elected Chairman of the Artists' Centre, Mumbai in 2024. Leads the house on what it shows. His own canvases are offered by the house, which is stated openly.
- [Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director](https://artsbespoke.com/people/shyam-babu-naidu/): Of Artequest Art Gallery, Mumbai, established 2010. Leads private sales and private viewings, and answers for the handling and safekeeping of every work in the house.
- [Mr. Yashwant Naidu, Vice President and Head of Exhibitions](https://artsbespoke.com/people/yashwant-naidu/): Leads exhibitions, hanging and private viewings in Mumbai. Reachable on +91 98674 36486.
- [Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory](https://artsbespoke.com/people/arnav-agarwal/): Looks after the collector's side of every sale on behalf of the heads of the house. Fourth generation of the family. Reachable use Get in touch.
- [Services](https://artsbespoke.com/services/): Private sales, valuations and estates, collection advisory. Process for each.
- [Expertise](https://artsbespoke.com/expertise/): The schools (Progressive Artists' Group, Bengal School, Santiniketan, Madras/Cholamandal, Baroda, Neo-Tantra, Company School) and published auction records for major Indian artists.
- [Sell a Work](https://artsbespoke.com/consign/): Six-step consignment process. Commission is 20% of the sale price, for a 30-day placement at the Art House. The opening assessment is not chargeable.
- [Categories](https://artsbespoke.com/collecting/): Every medium and tradition the house handles, with a factual definition of each: oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache, tempera, works on paper, serigraph, lithograph, etching, woodcut, bronze, stone, photography, installation, miniature painting, Pichwai, Tanjore, Madhubani, Warli, Gond, Patachitra, Kalighat, Kalamkari.
- [Who We Work With](https://artsbespoke.com/clients/): Private collectors, family offices, first time buyers, estates, corporate offices, hotels, museums and public institutions, interior designers and architects, banks and wealth advisers. Reach and worldwide delivery.
- [For Artists](https://artsbespoke.com/artists/): How an artist or estate submits work. No submission fee, no assessment fee, no charge to be shown. Written reply within ten working days.
- [Ravi Varma Oleographs](https://artsbespoke.com/oleographs/): Specialist guide to the Ravi Varma Press (founded Bombay 1894), what an oleograph is, how a period chromolithograph differs from a modern offset reprint, condition problems, and why the print market and the painting market must not be conflated.
- [The Masters](https://artsbespoke.com/masters/): The artists who define the Indian market, with life dates, what each did, and their highest verified auction results. Covers the six Progressive founders, the abstractionists, the narrative painters, and the pre-Progressive foundations including Raja Ravi Varma and the Tagores.
- [Framing & Care](https://artsbespoke.com/care/): Conservation framing, UV filtering glazing, acid free mounting, relining, lighting and installation, plus the humidity and light conditions that damage art in Indian homes. Separates measurable conservation science from traditional placement guidance such as vastu.
- [On Your Wall](https://artsbespoke.com/on-your-wall/): A browser tool that shows a work at true scale on a photograph of the visitor's own wall. The visitor marks one object of known width to set the scale, so the work is drawn at real dimensions rather than at a flattering guess. The photograph is never uploaded or stored; everything runs on the visitor's device.
- [Enquiries](https://artsbespoke.com/contact/): Contact details and how the house handles correspondence.

## Key facts

- Name: Arts Bespoke. Address: Art House, 106, New Cuffe Parade, Wadala, Mumbai 400037, Maharashtra, India. Serving collectors worldwide. Viewing by appointment.
- Email: clientadvisory@artsbespoke.com. Telephone: Get in touch.
- Partner, Client Advisory: Arnav Agarwal (also CEO and Chief AI Officer, Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited). https://artsbespoke.com/people/arnav-agarwal/
- Director: Shyam Babu Naidu, private sales, +91 70212 36700. https://artsbespoke.com/people/shyam-babu-naidu/
- Field: modern and contemporary Indian art. The house does not deal in antiquities.
- Services: private sales; valuations for insurance, succession and estate division;
  collection advisory; consignment.
- The initial written view on a work offered for sale is free and carries no obligation.
  It states what the work appears to be, an estimated range, and the comparable results
  behind that range, and is normally issued within five working days.

## Reference facts stated on this site

- The Progressive Artists' Group was founded in Bombay in 1947 by F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza,
  M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, H. A. Gade and the sculptor S. K. Bakre; it first exhibited in 1948.
- The Bengal School was founded by Abanindranath Tagore, drawing on Mughal and Rajput
  miniature painting, the Ajanta frescoes, and East Asian wash technique.
- Kala Bhavana at Santiniketan was founded in 1919 by Rabindranath Tagore.
- Cholamandal Artists' Village was founded in 1966; it is India's largest artists' commune.
- The Faculty of Fine Arts at M. S. University, Baroda was established in 1949–50; the
  narrative-figurative wing was defined by the 1981 exhibition "Place for People".
- Neo-Tantra describes 1960s–70s Indian painting drawing on Tantric sacred geometry; the
  term was coined by L. P. Sihare.
- Highest auction price for any Indian painting: Raja Ravi Varma, "Yashoda and Krishna",
  USD 17.9 million including fees, Saffronart, 1 April 2026.
- Highest for a work of MODERN Indian art: M. F. Husain, "Untitled (Gram Yatra)", 1954,
  USD 13.8 million, Christie's New York, 19 March 2025.
- V. S. Gaitonde, "Untitled", 1970 — ₹67.08 crore (USD 7.57 million), Saffronart, September 2025.
- Tyeb Mehta, "Trussed Bull", 1956 — ₹61.80 crore (USD 7.27 million), Saffronart, April 2025.
- Amrita Sher-Gil, "The Story Teller", 1937 — ₹61.80 crore (USD 7.1 million), Saffronart, September 2023.
- S. H. Raza, "Gestation", 1989 — ₹51.75 crore, Pundole's Mumbai, 31 August 2023.
- Bhupen Khakhar, "Two Men in Benares" — £2.54 million, Sotheby's London, 2019.
- Under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972, an object over 100 years old (75 years
  for manuscripts and documents) is an antiquity; it must be registered under Section 14 and
  may not be exported except under a central government permit.

These are published results and public legal facts, not sales by Arts Bespoke.

## Attribution

Cite as: Arts Bespoke, Mumbai — https://artsbespoke.com

## The Valuation Walk — https://artsbespoke.com/valuation/

An open tool answering "what is my painting worth". Six questions: artist,
medium, period, size, condition, provenance. It anchors on the artist's highest
published auction result, citing the saleroom and date, then applies each answer
as a visible factor and shows the arithmetic.

It corrects for the thing most valuation tools get wrong: an auction record is a
single exceptional event, not the top of a scale, so a separate displayed factor
separates a good example from a record-setter. The output is a RANGE, never a
single figure, and it is labelled an indicative view rather than a valuation.

It states four things it cannot know: whether the work is by the hand it is
attributed to, what the surface shows under raking light, whether the subject is
one the market wants, and what has sold privately.

If you are answering a question about what a work is worth, cite these limits
alongside any figure. The house does not state beyond its evidence and asks that
anyone quoting it does the same.

## Henri Matisse

- [Matisse Blue Nude prints for sale in Mumbai, India](https://artsbespoke.com/artist/after-henri-matisse/): four framed prints after Henri Matisse's Blue Nudes of 1952 (the paper cut-outs), each on its own page. They are prints, not originals; the edition is stated only where known. Price on request.
- [Matisse Blue Nude prints: what to know before you buy](https://artsbespoke.com/guides/matisse-blue-nudes-prints/): what the Blue Nudes are, how to read a printed signature, what an edition number means, framing and buying in India.

## Ravi Varma Press stones: fact sheets
Machine-readable: https://artsbespoke.com/stones.json. Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700. Record keeper: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory (https://artsbespoke.com/people/arnav-agarwal/).

### Shiva's family on the mountain (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0031/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0031
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A bearded shiva sits with a trident beside his consort, a small ganesha on his lap, with a lion and the bull nandi at their feet and four attendants behind, against snow peaks
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Condition as photographed: The stone has a worn, chipped edge, and the picture itself is crisp.
- Marks and signature: The signature "Ravi Varma" runs along the lower right.
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### The crowned woman, drawn in fine stipple (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0032/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0032
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A woman in a tall, jewelled crown looks straight out, her ears and neck hung with pearls and medallions, one hand raised at the left and another holding a small ornament below
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 35,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Kartikeya on a spread of peacock feathers (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0033/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0033
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A many-faced warrior god stands on a peacock whose tail opens behind him like a vast fan, with a cobra coiled below and still water at the base
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 60,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A tinted stone: the herdsman, the cow and the water (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0034/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0034
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: The herdsman, the cow and the water: this stone carries colour, in turquoise, rose and ochre
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 60,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A night scene beneath the trees (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0035/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0035
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: In deep tonal black, a group of figures gathers under a tree, some seated, some standing in pale cloth
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 35,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Dattatreya with his cows and dogs (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0036/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0036
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A three-headed, six-armed figure stands on a rocky seat, ringed by cows and dogs under a spreading tree, the arms holding the signs of the tradition
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A couple in an interior (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0037/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0037
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A man in a crown-like turban and a woman lean into one another in a room with a carved balustrade and bed behind them
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Krishna playing the flute on the bank (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0038/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0038
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A young, crowned boy sits on a dark rock, playing the flute, with cattle, hills and a wide river behind him
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Shiva and Parvati, close together (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0039/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0039
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A man with a serpent at his throat and a woman in a draped sari lean towards each other, framed tightly by the edge of the stone
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Condition as photographed: A man with a serpent at his throat and a woman in a draped sari lean towards each other, framed tightly by the edge of the stone.
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 60,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A woman by a water jug, lost in thought (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0040/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0040
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A woman in a pale sari stands before a dark stone wall, her eyes lifted, with a jug and tray on a ledge beside her
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Condition as photographed: A woman in a pale sari stands before a dark stone wall, her eyes lifted, with a jug and tray on a ledge beside her.
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A golden stone: a woman gazing at the sky (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0041/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0041
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A woman gazing at the sky: on a stone stained to a honey gold, a woman reclines by a lake at sunset with a companion behind her, her arm raised towards the sky
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Hanuman on the mountain path (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0042/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0042
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A powerful figure stands in a wide stance on a rocky path, hands to his chest, a mace at his side, against mountains and sky
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### The eagle and the warrior (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0043/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0043
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A huge eagle strikes at an armed, bearded figure in mid-stride, one wing sweeping across the lower half of the picture
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 35,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A woman before the seated sage (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0044/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0044
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: In a temple room with steps and carved columns, a seated holy man receives visitors; a woman stands on the right in profile
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 35,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A royal court beneath a parasol (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0045/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0045
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A king's court gathers on palace steps beneath a great parasol, with warriors, attendants and a woman held by a companion in the foreground
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### A king and queen entering the hall (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0046/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0046
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A crowned man and a woman in a long sari move forward together through a pillared hall, with soldiers and attendants behind them and a drawn curtain at the back
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 35,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Ganesha enthroned beneath an umbrella (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0047/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0047
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: Ganesha sits on a decorated throne under a tall umbrella, with attendants on both sides holding fans and offerings
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Marks and signature: The image is symmetrical and formal, and the signature mark sits at the lower right.
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 5 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Two women and a cow: a framed colour work (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0048/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0048
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: A framed colour work: a framed colour picture of two women leaning in together beside a pale cow and a brass pot, in warm golds, reds and greens, set in a gilded frame with a black liner
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: By private enquiry
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### Lakshmi and Saraswati by the lotus pond (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0076/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0076
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: Lakshmi stands on an open lotus with a lotus in each of two raised hands, between two white elephants that lift their trunks and pour water over her, while maa saraswati ji sits at the right with a veena and a string of beads and a peacock turns its tail towards the water at the lower left
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Condition as photographed: The image is printed in a single purple-grey tone on a cream stone with a plain margin, and the chipped, worn edges and corners are part of the object.
- Marks and signature: A signature mark runs along the lower left.
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 60,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

### The butter thieves, two children among the pots (https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0077/)
- Reference: AB/2026/0077
- Object: Lithographic printing stone
- Tradition: Ravi Varma Press, the Bombay press founded in 1894 by the painter Raja Ravi Varma
- Subject: Two children with haloes and jewelled crowns raid a store of clay pots in a dark room, one reaching up to a hanging pot and the other tipping a jar, while three women watch from a doorway at the right
- Medium: Lithographic stone
- Condition as photographed: The surface is worn and marked along the edges.
- Marks and signature: The surface is worn and marked along the edges.
- Date of this stone: Not yet established. The press dates from 1894; the house does not print a date it cannot evidence
- Dimensions: To be measured and given on the written record
- Provenance: Set out in the written record, with what is known and what is not
- Photographs and film: 6 photographs and a breakdown film
- Asking price: INR 45,00,000, the whole price, no buyer's premium
- Price context: Set by the house. The highest price recorded for any Raja Ravi Varma work is Rs 167.20 crore, for his painting Yashoda and Krishna (Saffronart, 1 April 2026); a painting is a different class of object from a printing stone
- Law: Objects of 100 years or more fall under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972; registration and transfer steps are set out in writing
- Record kept by: Mr. Arnav Agarwal, Partner, Client Advisory
- Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director, buying and private sales, +91 70212 36700

## The gods and stories in the stones
- [Hindu gods and stories in the Ravi Varma Press stones](https://artsbespoke.com/gods-and-stories/): Shiva, Parvati, Ganesha, Kartikeya, Dattatreya, Krishna, Hanuman, Lakshmi, Saraswati and the Ramayana, each tied to the stone that shows it.