Amrita Sher-Gil, Bride's Toilet, 1937. Public domain. Source and licence
The lot you cannot take home
Nine Indian artists whose work is barred from export, and what that means if you are bidding from the Gulf.
Buying abroad begins with where you pay tax.
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Remittance limits, export licensing, import duty and registration deadlines decide whether a purchase is possible at all. Every one of them changes depending on the pair of countries involved.
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