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LOT 2319
Indian Wooden Pyxis with Laquered Floral Design
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (388 grams total, 13 cm high).
Drum-shaped wooden container with domed lid, bands of rosettes to the rim of body and lid with lacquered bands of tendrils and leaves. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Birds and Geometric Designs
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
With slightly sloping sidewall, flat shoulder and everted rim to the broad mouth; painted geometric bands and zoomorphic panels to side and shoulder; chipped, repaired. 406 grams, 12.8 cm wide
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. -
Sacred Copper-Alloy Plaque with Hindu God
India, 19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
A half-round figure of goat-headed figure (Daksha?) in profile, wearing high-platform sandals, with long tail encircling its head. 440 grams, 18.5 cm
From an important collection of Hindu art formed by Jeffrey Romer, 1990s. Ex central London, UK, gallery. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Indian Painted Miniature Leaf with Erotic Scene
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rectangular card with hand-painted erotic scene of two females on a couch in a courtyard with candles. 25 grams, 25.2 x 19 cm
Private collection, UK.
