From Master etchings to European Silver and Indian paintings, Edith and Cary’s intellectual curiosity and eye for beauty informs every corner of the collection and illuminates even the smallest object.

A Polyphonic Collection

Cary Welch’s most profound interest was for the masters of Indian painting, with a particular fondness for Mughal, Deccani and Kota works of art.

Indian Paintings

“It was only later that I really began to understand the brilliant, magpie-like quality of his eye and the depth of knowledge and intuitive brilliance that made Cary’s taste and writing on painting so unique.” W.D.

In the Company of Cary

“The term connoisseur is bandied all too often, but that is exactly what Edith Welch was, in the true definition of the term. “ Wynyard Wilkinson

“The term connoisseur is bandied all too often, but that is exactly what Edith Welch was, in the true definition of the term. “ Wynyard Wilkinson

A Remarkable Silver Collection

London

Dubai

Chairman | Middle East and India

Edward Gibbs

Senior Director | Head of Department, Islamic & Indian Art

Benedict Carter

Deputy Director | Senior Project Manager | Unique Sales

Shiona Fourie 

Specialist, Islamic & Indian Art

Rukmani Kumari Rathore

Project Coordinator, Department Assistant & Researcher

Louise Lebrun

Associate Specialist, Islamic & Indian Art 

Frankie Keyworth

Specialist, Silver

Miles Harrison

Senior Vice President | International Specialist and Head of Sale, Himalayan Art

Julian King

Deputy Director | Head of Sales, London | Chinese Works of Art

Gordon Lo 

Cataloguer

Connie Chau

Director, Head of Japanese Works of Art

Mark Hinton

Associate Specialist, Japanese Works of Art

Jon Adjetey

Senior Director, Senior International Specialist

Claude Piening 

Sophie Hetherton

Director | Head of Sale, Modern &amp; Contemporary Middle East

Alexandra Yasmina Roy

Cataloguer | Modern &amp; Contemporary Middle East

Elika Blake

Associate Specialist, Contemporary Art

Armance Gay

Director, Head of Department, Europe , European Sculpture and Works of Art

Christopher Mason

Associate Specialist, European Sculpture and Works of Art

Elena Nies

Director, Specialist, British Watercolours & Drawings


Mark Griffith-Jones

Deputy Director, Specialist, Old Master Drawings

Claire Anderson

Department Assistant, Old Master Drawings

Adina Mukhamejanova

Specialist, Prints

Jennifer Strotz

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Stuart Cary Welch (1928–2008) was a gifted scholar and hugely influential figure in the study of Indian and Middle Eastern arts. He shared this journey with his wife Edith, with whom he built the most extraordinary collection of artworks. After two record-breaking sales of Cary's Islamic and Indian art in 2011, Sotheby's is honoured to offer the Edith &amp; Stuart Cary Welch Collection, boasting an impressive array of Indian paintings and objects, alongside a wide range of artworks including European silver, Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese art.

The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection