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LOT 2274
Indus Valley Ceramic Vessels
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 - 5 1/2 in. (1.8 kg total, 10-14 cm).
Mainly comprising bowls, jars and vases, including examples painted with geometric motifs. [7]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990-2000s.
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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. -
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. -
Large Indus Valley Ceramic Storage Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With a carinated lower body, everted rim and foot, painted frieze of geometric decoration to the upper body; cracked and repaired. 2.9 kg, 26 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
