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LOT 2462

Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods

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

6 1/8 in. (407 grams, 15.5 cm high).

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; some holding knives; chipped.

Provenance

Private collection, 1989.
Acquired on the UK art market.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

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LOT 2462

Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods

Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)

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