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LOT 1734
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/4 in. (845 grams, 18.5 cm hhigh).
With bell-shaped ribbed body and squat head, applied brow-ridge, eyes and beaked nose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Fragment Group
3rd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising large fragments of vessels and some smaller fragments; most with painted geometric or vegetal decoration. 1.36 kg total, 1-17.5 cm wide
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Indian Gilt Ring with Horse Gemstone
Late 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With cabochon amethyst with intaglio horse in three-quarter view. 13.24 grams, 29.03 mm overall, 18.17 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)
From the collection of an London antiquarian. -
Indian Decorated Gilt Copper Vase
19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With piriform profile and broad base, raised neck with turned rim; band of silver-coloured tendrils on a pounced field to the neck; guilloche to the shoulder above a copper-coloured field with serpent designs between hatched arabesque panels with figural scenes: animals round a tree; males taking an al fresco meal; robed males with goblets; animals surrounding a robed male. 954 grams, 18.5 cm wide
London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
