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LOT 1621
Indus Valley Mother Goddess Seated
CIRCA 3000-2500 B.C.
4 5/8 in. (42 grams, 11.8 cm high).
A ceramic fertility figure modelled in a seated position, arms and legs outstretched before her nude body, stylised anatomical and facial features portraying a female figure with large head, dressed hair beneath a head covering, large nose and recessed circular eyes, broad ornamental collar above ample breasts, hour-glass waist, incised fingers and toes.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 2001.305, for similar.
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Opening Bid: £67
A watercolour portrait on card of Raja Ranbir Singh, seated against a cushion beneath an ornate pavilion, surrounded by a floral border. 79 grams, 36.5 x 26.5 cm
Very fine condition.
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Indian Goddess Statuette
15th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A bronze statuette modelled in the round on on a tiered rectangular base, portraying a semi-naked goddess seated on a lotus flower, wearing a conical crown and a garment around her waist, ornamental collar around her neck, hands held in a mudra, geometric motifs to each tier of the base; decorated discoid lug to rear of the head; collector's label to base reading 'my opinion of date is 14th century'. 182 grams, 77 mm high
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