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LOT 2297
Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (130 grams, 95 mm).
Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted L-shaped panels.
Provenancewith Balakh Carpets, 2003.
Private collection, Europe.
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LOT 2297
Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Stone Carved Panel of a Horse Attacked by a Large Snake
Kushan Empire, 2nd-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £275
Carved as a standing saddled horse biting a large snake entangled around its body; mounted on a rectangular stand. 1.94 kg total, 15.9 cm wide including stand
From a West London collection and formerly in a Mayfair gallery. -
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Animal Motifs
Circa 2200 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Pale cream fabric, funicular lower body and broad rounded shoulder, band of painted ornament including ibises, a tiger and hatched panels. 2.28 kg, 29 cm wide
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12187-222202. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Seated Female Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
A nude female, seated on a throne with raised arms, with pinched facial and other details, incised knees and navel, applied crown, eyes, mouth, collar and other details; a dog seated to her right side, her hand resting on its head; hollow to the underside; repaired. 286 grams, 13 cm
Very fine condition.
From an important central London collection formed since the mid 1960s; thence by descent. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
