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LOT 2106
Indian Red Sandstone Carved Freize Fragment Group
11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
5 - 8 1/4 in. (2.44 kg total, 12.6-21 cm).
With high-relief tendril, leaf, human figure and other ornament. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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Indian Red Sandstone Carved Freize Fragment Group
11th-12th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With high-relief tendril, leaf, human figure and other ornament. 2.44 kg total, 12.6-21 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Jar
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With slightly sloping sidewall, flat shoulder and everted rim to the broad mouth; painted geometric bands to side and shoulder; chipped. 600 grams, 16 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. -
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Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscript
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Framed and glazed with polychrome embellishment; from a Diwan by Hafez, comprising two vertical columns of handwritten script, panels of floral ornament and concentric borders; explanatory label to reverse. 293 grams, 22.3 x 17.4 cm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Hafez was the most famous of the Islamic Sufi poets. This manuscript was evidently owned by a distinguished and affluent individual.
