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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $7,817–$10,422
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, London · 23 October 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4696933
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Senaka Senanayake, untitled (tea pickers). Sotheby's, 23 Oct 2018, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4696933.
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Senaka Senanayake, untitled (tea pickers). Sotheby's, 23 Oct 2018, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4696933.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art · Oct 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| untitled (landscape); untitled (figures) | Laxma Goud | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| untitled (gajagamini) | Maqbool Fida Husain | £10,000–£15,000 | |
| dawn chorus 9 | Jitish Kallat | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| elusive realities 2 | Shahzia Sikander | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| don't cross central park at night | — | £40,000–£60,000 | |
| tobacco children | Rina Banerjee | £4,000–£6,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senaka Senanayake | Untitled | $12,836 | Sotheby's, Sep 2024 | |
| Senaka Senanayake | Compassion | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Senaka Senanayake | Untitled (Fish) | Bonhams, Jun 2026 | ||
| Senaka Senanayake | untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Senaka Senanayake | Untitled (Musicians) | Bonhams, Dec 2025 | ||
| Senaka Senanayake | Untitled (Maidens) | Sotheby's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Senaka Senanayake | Snake Woman | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Senaka Senanayake | lord krishna and mirabai | Sotheby's, Mar 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.