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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.
ProvenancePrivate collection, 1989.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Possibly dating to the Shunga period, Bengal.
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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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Opening Bid: £1,111
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20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A watercolour painting on card depicting a dancing woman standing in front of a tree, wearing a floor length robe and holding her long head-covering away from her body with both hands. 16 grams, 20.7 x 13.2 cm
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London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.
