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LOT 2285
Indus Valley Painted Ceramic Jar with Ibex
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (778 grams, 16.5 cm high).
With short neck, painted frieze displaying alternating ibex and geometric motifs, plain bands above and below and scalloping to the lower edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscript
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Framed and glazed with polychrome embellishment; from a Diwan by Hafez, comprising two vertical columns of handwritten script, panels of floral ornament and concentric borders; explanatory label to reverse. 293 grams, 22.3 x 17.4 cm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Hafez was the most famous of the Islamic Sufi poets. This manuscript was evidently owned by a distinguished and affluent individual. -
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Sultanate Red Sandstone Frieze Fragment
North India, probably Delhi, circa 1220-1225 A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Displaying a reserved high-relief Qur'an inscription fragment, Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) Fragment 7 (OL437). 9.6 kg, 45 cm
Ex Frederick Elghanayan collection. Acquired from Sotheby’s, London, UK, 19 April, 1993, lot 148 (part). Ex central London gallery. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Cup
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Formed with a carinated lower body and foot, decorated with painted guilloche and bands of vertical dashes. 116 grams, 95 mm wide
Ex Schoyen collection of the Indus Vallery culture, early 2000s.
