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Auction Highlights:
Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
.jpg "Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater with Drunken Male Revellers Attributed to the Kadmos Painter")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
.jpg "Roman Published Terracotta Oil Lamp with Fighting Gladiators")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
.jpg "Roman Marble Head of Hercules Wearing the Nemean Lion Skin")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "The Anglesey Romano-British Marble Head of a Celtic Warrior")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Decorated He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart Posy Boxwood Comb")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Limoges Gilt Christ Crowned on the Cross")
.jpg "Medieval Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with Goat")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Squat in profile with flared mouth and low foot; painted horizontal rings to the equator and neck, geometric panels to the shoulder. 369 grams total, 14 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994.
.jpg "Indus Valley Polychrome Ceramic Vessel Collection with Animals")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Each of the three vessels of carinated form and displaying repainted polychrome geometric and zoomorphic motifs within panels; including one cup with a D-shaped handle. 402 grams total, 65-94 mm
Acquired in England in the 2000s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Acquired in England in the 2000s.
Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Biconvex in profile with basal ring and slightly flared mouth, painted geometric panels to the shoulder. 324 grams, 97 mm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Tubular figurine depicting a stylised female with one arm extended, conical breasts and eyes, necklace of impressed points and similar detail to the ears, applied facial features. 711 grams, 15 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Showing a travelling pilgrim blowing a horn, dressed in an animal skin cape and short tunic, carrying two ceremonial daggers, wearing copious jewellery; accompanied by a small goat wearing a bell collar; a panel of inscriptions above. 11 grams, 24.5 cm
Acquired from the UK art market.
Private Scottish collection.
Acquired from the UK art market.
Private Scottish collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Showing figures in an opulent courtyard, a man seated against a large cushion massaging one woman's foot, another offering him a drink from a small cup, two further women seated nearby, river meandering through a hilly landscape beyond, text above and below, flowers in the border; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 900 grams, 41 x 28 cmFine 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): £286
With polychrome panels of geometric ornament, profile antelope and lion, crescents to the shoulder; some repainting. 946 grams, 16 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rectangular tray with suspension loop to each corner, inward facing seated figures (man, cobra, elephant, etc.). 187 grams, 54 mm
Property of a South West London gentleman.
Property of a South West London gentleman.
Showing a nobleman seated in a landscape, possibly reading to his sons, or communicating with two attendants standing nearby; panel of text above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 621 grams, 34 x 22.5 cmFine 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.
With watercolour scene of a man and woman seated against cushions in a courtyard, river meandering through hilly landscape beyond, panels of text above and below, green border around the whole; set in a glazed wooden frame. 714 grams, 33 x 26 cmFair 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
Composed of graduated polished beads etched with a white geometric design on both faces; restrung. 16.5 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Nandagopal, P., ‘Decorated Carnelian Beads from the Indus Civilization Site of Dholavira (Great Rann of Kachchha, Gujarat)’ in Frenez, D., Jamison, G.M., Randall, W.L., Vidale, M., Meadow, R.H., Walking with the Unicorn Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia, Oxford, 2018, pp.475-485, figs.3,8,9.
Etched carnelian beads are characteristic of the Indus Valley culture and have been produced since the third millennium B.C. They are a typical product of the Harappa culture, but they are also attested in later millennia and produced elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The oldest specimens come from the Indus Valley and from Mesopotamia. A few specimens were found in the so-called royal cemetery of Ur, where they were identified in the excavation publication as coming from India.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. Nandagopal, P., ‘Decorated Carnelian Beads from the Indus Civilization Site of Dholavira (Great Rann of Kachchha, Gujarat)’ in Frenez, D., Jamison, G.M., Randall, W.L., Vidale, M., Meadow, R.H., Walking with the Unicorn Social Organization and Material Culture in Ancient South Asia, Oxford, 2018, pp.475-485, figs.3,8,9.
Etched carnelian beads are characteristic of the Indus Valley culture and have been produced since the third millennium B.C. They are a typical product of the Harappa culture, but they are also attested in later millennia and produced elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The oldest specimens come from the Indus Valley and from Mesopotamia. A few specimens were found in the so-called royal cemetery of Ur, where they were identified in the excavation publication as coming from India.
Showing what appears to be the judgement of a captive man by a nobleman in a lavish court setting, broad border decorated with various plants; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1 kg, 39.5 x 34.3 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.
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