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LOT 2714
Gandharan Stone Bust of Buddha
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 5/8 in. (125 grams, 67 mm).
Displaying the head and shoulders, elongated ear lobes and the hair pulled over the ushnisha. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
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LOT 2714
Gandharan Stone Bust of Buddha
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Framed Indian Watercolour Manuscript Leaf
19th century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A watercolour painting depicting a female figure seated against a cushion in a courtyard, a shrine(?) before her, a female attendant approaching; polychrome borders and panel of text above; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 806 grams, 36 x 28.5 cm
Fair condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. -
Indus Valley Seal Collection
Circa 1900-2600 B.C.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular and discoid types with chevron, hooked cross and other designs, some with museum-quality impressions. 39.7 grams total, 25-41 mm
Private collection, New York, USA. Acquired from Henry Anavian, Sumer Gallery, New York, 28 October 2008. -
Moghul Amethyst Gemstone with Parrot Perched on Olive Branch in Gold Ring
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Ellipsoid in plan and plano-convex in section with incuse eagle standing on a wheatsheaf; set in a late 19th-century gold ring. 6.38 grams, 30.69 mm overall, 19.67 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)
Acquired in the 1980s. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
