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LOT 2629
Chandraketugarh Terracotta Plaque with the Goddess Sri Lakshmi
WEST BENGAL, SHUNGA PERIOD, 1ST CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
4 7/8 in. (160 grams, 12.5 cm).
D-shaped plaque fragment with Lakshmi modelled in the half-round. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at a London antiques fair in the 1990s.
From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.1990.281.
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LOT 2629
Chandraketugarh Terracotta Plaque with the Goddess Sri Lakshmi
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Buddhist Bronze Deity Head
India, late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Modelled in the round with emphasised almond-shaped eyes and long curving eyebrows, wearing rosette earrings and a headgear with rosettes, hollow-form. 543 grams, 9.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market pre 2000. Property of Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. -
Northern Indian Gilt Mughal Quran Page
1780 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
In a gilt wooden glazed frame with card reveal; collector's label to reverse with details: 'This fine page is from a very fine Mughal Koran, with prayers. copied from Mull Fathullah's Tafsir Commentary. It was scribed in Northern India and dated AH 1195/AD 1780. The script is Naskhi, with interlinear Persian translation throughout in red nasta'liq. There are illuminated florets between verses, extensive commentaries in nasta'liq written diagonally in outer margins, illuminated devices in margins ... some slight staining from devotional use but generally the work is in good condition.' 511 grams, 28.7 x 23.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Snakes
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
With low sidewall, flat shoulder and everted rim to the broad mouth; painted serpent band to side and shoulder. 398 grams, 11.3 cm wide
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s. David Gold was one of the co founders of the Iconic Lord John brand in Carnaby Street that sparked a style revolution in the swinging sixties dressing The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Kinks and were at the heart of 'all things cool'.
The decoration of the vase evokes the 'fish scale style' from Harappa. Images of water creatures were often stylised. In the Harappan Period the fish scale motif was one of the major painted pattern of that culture.
