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LOT 2315
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Idol
33RD-13TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/4 in. (540 grams, 18.5 cm).
A stylised female figure with bell-shaped body, applied arms and hands clasped between conical breasts, lentoid-section head with broad nose, incised eyes and circular recessed mouth, fingers expressed as incised lines, pricked dots to the front of the body; hollow-formed. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, acquired in the 2000s.
Property of an English gentleman.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Indian Bronze Figural Opium Pipe
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With separate tapering stem curved at the end and decorated with repoussé scrolls, bowl formed as a deity(?) standing on one leg grasping a leaf-shaped dagger in his right hand, with demonic face above his own with benign expression. 284 grams, 18cm
Fine condition.
Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired from Martel Maides, St. Peter Port, Guernsey; formerly acquired in the UK in the early 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Piriform Cup
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A ceramic beaker with waisted piriform body, broad rim and small discoid foot, sections of the upper body divided into panels by polychrome lines. 192 grams, 14 cm
Fair condition, rim chipped.
From an important deceased Japanese collector, 1970-2010. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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Framed Indian Watercolour Painting with Courtly Scene
19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
A rectangular manuscript page depicting a courtly scene with a nobleman embracing a female courtier while others luxuriate around them, in a landscape; calligraphic text panels above and below; mounted in a glazed wooden frame. 710 grams, 34 x 26 cm
Very fine condition.
Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
