Works · AB/2026/0037
A couple in an interior
Lithographic stone
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. The tone is soft and intimate, and Devanagari title lines run along the foot.
Price · private enquiry₹45,00,000
The price is the house's asking price, given in full, with no buyer's premium. To acquire this stone, speak to Mr. Shyam Babu Naidu, Director. An object of this age falls under the Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972, so the house sets out the registration and transfer steps in writing, together with the written record of the stone: its age, its source, and what is not yet known.
The written record
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In the tradition
AB / MYTH
Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah · Om Namah Shivaya · Jai Shri Krishna
The Ravi Varma Press printed the gods and goddesses of the Puranas and the scenes of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata for ordinary homes, and this stone belongs to that tradition of devotional and epic picture-making. The house describes what the stone shows and does not name a figure it cannot evidence.
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Fact sheet
AB / 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 |
The photo shoot
AB/2026/0037
The whole work, three close details cut from the photograph without alteration, and the work on a wall. Then the film that walks through all of it.
On record
AB/2026/0037
- Reference
- AB/2026/0037
- Artist
- Ravi Varma Press
- Title
- A couple in an interior
- Tradition
- Lithographic printing in the Ravi Varma Press tradition
- Medium
- Lithographic stone
- Being recorded
- Year, dimensions, provenance, condition: sent in writing, with photographs, when you request the full record.
- Palette
- brown, grey, white
Nothing on this record is guessed. Request the full record and it arrives in writing, with photographs, before any invoice.
Enquire about this work
AB/2026/0037
Ask for the condition report, the ownership history, more photographs or a viewing. You are answered the same day by a named person.
There is no deposit and no obligation.
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Enquiries
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