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Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods
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LOT 2171

Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods

2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

6 1/4 in. (400 grams, 16 cm high).

Globular-bodied with broad shoulder and neck and everted rim, the upper body decorated in relief with rosettes, phytomorphic and ropework bands, frieze presenting a dynamic procession of bare-breasted women wearing extravagant earrings, neck ornament, arm and leg bangles and translucent lungis revealing their genitalia, a number of them holding staffs or weapons and wearing headdresses or holding vessels on their heads, flower-heads in the field; chipped.

Provenance

Private collection, 1989.
Acquired on the UK art market.

Footnotes

Possibly dating to the Shunga period, Bengal.

CONDITION
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LOT 2171

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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