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LOT 2279
Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscripts
17TH CENTURY A.D.
8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (570 grams total, 22.2 x 17.2 cm each).
Each framed and glazed, comprising: a miniature Qur'an manuscript in Naskh script c.1650 A.D., gold embellishment, double margins, chapter headings in gold; a manuscript from a Dala'il prayer book written using Naskh script encased in golden clouds, meandering borders and scrolling floral embellishment; each with explanatory label to reverse of frame.. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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Large Indus Valley Ceramic Storage Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Of bulbous form with carination to the lower body and an everted rim, frieze of painted stylised birds with spread wings between geometric borders. 4.18 kg, 32 cm wide
Acquired 1960s-1990s. Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister. -
Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscripts
17th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Each framed and glazed, comprising: a miniature Qur'an manuscript in Naskh script c.1650 A.D., gold embellishment, double margins, chapter headings in gold; a manuscript from a Dala'il prayer book written using Naskh script encased in golden clouds, meandering borders and scrolling floral embellishment; each with explanatory label to reverse of frame.. 570 grams total, 22.2 x 17.2 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Cup
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a carinated lower body and foot, decorated with painted guilloche and bands of vertical dashes. 116 grams, 95 mm wide
Ex Schoyen collection of the Indus Vallery culture, early 2000s.
