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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
A carinated ceramic cup with slightly concave upper body and convex lower body with a shallow foot; painted geometric frieze to the upper body and solid band to rim interior. 183 grams, 10.4 cmFine condition.
Acquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
Acquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
A hand-coloured miniature of a landscape with central cultivated area marked off by stones; at the centre, a nimbate figure wearing an elaborate headdress and richly coloured robes is shown kneeling beside a tree and extending on hand towards it; restricted use of gold paint on the rim of the nimbus; deep blue reveal and outer dense florid border with (empty) title panel above. 2.4 grams, 18 x 12.2 cm
Acquired from the U.K. art market.
Private Scottish collection.
Acquired from the U.K. art market.
Private Scottish collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
A piriform ceramic vase with everted rim and discoid foot, circumferential painted bands of waves and vertical hatching around the shoulder, a procession of stylised or mythical creatures to the equator. 455 grams, 16.5 cm high
Acquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
Acquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
A ceramic vessel of carinated form and slightly concave upper body with everted rim and shallow foot, polychrome geometric frieze to the upper body. 294 grams, 13 cm wide
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
A watercolour painting showing engagement scene with a seated couple accompanied by female musicians on a pavilion, one playing a sitar, the other what is possibly a dholika drum, trees beyond, panel of text above, birds to the border; set in a reveal within a glazed wooden frame. 622 grams, 32 x 23.2 cmVery fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A figural ceramic rattle portraying a seated female figure with a vase between her legs, stylised detailing to her hair and face, wearing an ornamental collar and sash, with additional detail to the vase. 330 grams, 16.7 cm high
Acquired in the 1990s.
Previously in a Belgium collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report dated 13/9/2002 from Arcadia Tecnologie Per I Beni Culturali, Milan.
See Pratapaditya, P. ed., Indian Terracotta Sculpture, Mumbai, 2002, for similar.
Acquired in the 1990s.
Previously in a Belgium collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report dated 13/9/2002 from Arcadia Tecnologie Per I Beni Culturali, Milan.
See Pratapaditya, P. ed., Indian Terracotta Sculpture, Mumbai, 2002, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A hand-painted scene of two crowned noblemen facing three crowned maidens; the central male with sword, shield and bow, his companion with sword and shield slung over his back, holding an object; the three females walking in step each holding up an infant; Mahabharata Series;
Kangra School. 11 grams, 26 x 18 cmFine condition.
Personal collection of Harmadar Singh Thind; thence by descent.
Private family collection of a West London gentleman.
Personal collection of Harmadar Singh Thind; thence by descent.
Private family collection of a West London gentleman.
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A substantial carved white limestone mortar with cylindrical body; the mortar with a flat rim, carved circumferential frieze of organic floral motifs to the neck, panels featuring arches surrounded by floral and foliate designs to the body, also a single section of interlaced lozengiform shapes creating octagons enclosing stylised flower heads; a tapering U-section dressed gouge running from base to rim; deep bowl with rounded base which extends approximately one third of the way down the mortar. 94 kg, 52 cmFine condition.
Acquired 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
Acquired 1980s-early 1990s.
Ex property of a West London businessman.
A squat ceramic cup with painted frieze below the rim of hatched and geometric panels. 132 grams, 11.3 cm wideFine condition.
Acquired 1990s.
From the Martin Schoyen collection of artefacts from the Indus Valley culture, 1990s.
Acquired 1990s.
From the Martin Schoyen collection of artefacts from the Indus Valley culture, 1990s.
A watercolour painting showing a richly-dressed woman seated in a landscape, playing an ornately decorated instrument, henna on her hands, a stream before her in the foreground, birds amidst the clouds above, text above and below; set in a glazed wooden frame. 205 grams, 20.3 x 13.5 cmVery fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.
The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.
A carinated ceramic vessel with everted rim and polychrome geometric frieze to the upper body. 427 grams, 16 cm wideFine condition.
Acquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
Acquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
A wooden box with sliding lid; the vertical faces carved with geometric schemes and the lid bearing the head, face and arms of a god, eyes set with abalone shell inserts. 80 grams, 11.5 x 6.4 cm
Acquired Canterbury, 1998.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Acquired Canterbury, 1998.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
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