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LOT 2277
Indus Valley Ceramic Vessel Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 - 6 in. (1.4 kg total, 10-15 cm).
Comprising bowls of various types, together with a storage jar; most painted with monochrome or polychrome geometric schemes. [5]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Jar
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Squat jar with carinated rim, horizontal bands of painted segmental ornament. 278 grams, 14 cm wide
Ex Schoyen collection of the Indus Vallery culture, early 2000s. -
Indo-Persian Miniature Painting
19th century A.D.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Framed and glazed displaying a figural panel inserted into four vertical columns of cursive script separated by red and blue bands, continued on the reverse. 1.15 kg, 45.5 cm
Property of a London gallery. -
Indian Framed Dalail Khayrat Manuscripts
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Both framed and glazed with information cards to the reverses: a Northern Indian Mughal Qur'an leaf dated 1780 A.D., with prayers copied from Mulla Fathullah's Tafsir commentary in Naskh script, interlinear Persian translation throughout in red Nasta'liq in the margins, together with illuminated devices, with gold embellishment; an illuminated manuscript from a Dala'il prayer book, written in Naskh script framed by golden clouds, central borders of meandering vines; each with explanatory label to reverse of frame. 1 kg total, 28.7 x 23.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
