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LOT 2302
Indian Benares Brass Embossed Vessel
CIRCA 1890 A.D.
6 7/8 in. (489 grams, 17.5 cm).
Funicular in profile with thick base, horizontal bands of punched fronds, hatched bands, pointillé leaves and other motifs; white metal rings to mouth and base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from the UK art market.
Private Scottish collection.
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Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Framed and glazed and displaying polychrome figural scenes bordered by flowering plants and panels of script: one depicting a tea(?) ceremony set in a landscape featuring blossoming trees and birds; a prince or other figure seated on a bolster, in a landscape featuring a brook and blossoming trees, surrounded by attendants. 932 grams total, 31 x 21.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Very Large Indus Valley Terracotta Flask
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Biconvex in profile with central dome to the upper face; two lateral loop handles to the shoulders and spout between with socketted rim; painted bands to the neck, median band with lion and ibex flanked by geometric bands to the rim and centre. 3.45 kg, 34 cm
European collection, formed 1960s. Private collection, London. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Drum-shaped in profile with painted geometric panels to sidewall. 305 grams, 14 cm
Ex M. Schoyen collection, 2000s.