James Ivory is selling around 300 objects that belonged to his companion and business partner, Ismail Merchant, who died in 2005 at Christie's London this week.Mr. Merchant collected antiques obsessively and eclectically for 40 years. The items were kept in apartments in Mumbai, London, Paris and New York in addition to a country house in upstate New York. Some items were used on their movie sets.
Items include Indian furniture, paintings and ceramic pieces. The sale is catalogued online on Christie's website here.
