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 "description": "Fact sheets for the lithographic printing stones in the Ravi Varma Press tradition held by Arts Bespoke, Mumbai. Enquiries: Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu +91 70212 36700; record keeper Mr. Arnav Agarwal.",
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  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0031",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Shiva's family on the mountain",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0031/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0031@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0032",
   "price_inr": 3500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "The crowned woman, drawn in fine stipple",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0032/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0032@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0033",
   "price_inr": 6000000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Kartikeya on a spread of peacock feathers",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0033/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0033@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0034",
   "price_inr": 6000000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A tinted stone: the herdsman, the cow and the water",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0034/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0034@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0035",
   "price_inr": 3500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A night scene beneath the trees",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0035/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0035@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0036",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Dattatreya with his cows and dogs",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0036/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0036@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0037",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A couple in an interior",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0037/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0037@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0038",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Krishna playing the flute on the bank",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0038/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0038@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0039",
   "price_inr": 6000000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Shiva and Parvati, close together",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0039/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0039@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0040",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A woman by a water jug, lost in thought",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0040/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0040@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0041",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A golden stone: a woman gazing at the sky",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0041/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0041@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0042",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Hanuman on the mountain path",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0042/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0042@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0043",
   "price_inr": 3500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "The eagle and the warrior",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0043/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0043@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0044",
   "price_inr": 3500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A woman before the seated sage",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0044/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0044@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0045",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A royal court beneath a parasol",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0045/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0045@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
   }
  },
  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0046",
   "price_inr": 3500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "A king and queen entering the hall",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0046/",
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    "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"
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   "ref": "AB-2026-0047",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Ganesha enthroned beneath an umbrella",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0047/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0047@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
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  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0048",
   "price_inr": null,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "Two women and a cow: a framed colour work",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0048/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0048@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
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  {
   "ref": "AB-2026-0076",
   "price_inr": 6000000,
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   "title": "Lakshmi and Saraswati by the lotus pond",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0076/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0076@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
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   "ref": "AB-2026-0077",
   "price_inr": 4500000,
   "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock",
   "title": "The butter thieves, two children among the pots",
   "url": "https://artsbespoke.com/works/AB-2026-0077/",
   "image": "https://artsbespoke.com/img/works/AB-2026-0077@1200.jpg",
   "facts": {
    "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"
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