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LOT 2172
Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods
2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/4 in. (416 grams, 16 cm wide).
The squat, drum-shaped pouring vessel with conical spout, broad neck, chamfered rim and rounded base; dense panels of moulded ornament displaying alternating rosettes and birds to the rim, large-headed flowers between band of rosettes to the shoulder, lower body featuring a frieze of squatting male figures displaying their genitalia, all wearing cloth headdresses, ornamental collars, arm bangles and anklets, a number holding knives; chipped.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1989.
Acquired on the UK art market.
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LOT 2172
Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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