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LOT 2187
Indian Rock Crystal Dagger Handle with Rubies
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 in. (227 grams, 12.7 cm).
The polished rock crystal upper body with pink ruby and green glass floral inlays, band of ruby inlays encircling the neck, polished 'fishtail' lapis lazuli lower body embellished with foliage and flower heads in pink rubies and green glass. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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Indian Chalcedony Dagger Handle with Glass Inlays
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Chandraketugarh Ceramic Vessel with Seated Gods
2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Globular-bodied with broad shoulder and neck and everted rim, the upper body decorated in relief with rosettes, phytomorphic and ropework bands, frieze presenting a dynamic procession of bare-breasted women wearing extravagant earrings, neck ornament, arm and leg bangles and translucent lungis revealing their genitalia, a number of them holding staffs or weapons and wearing headdresses or holding vessels on their heads, flower-heads in the field; chipped. 400 grams, 16 cm high
Private collection, 1989. Acquired on the UK art market.
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India Framed Watercolour Painting
Early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
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Fair condition.
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