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LOT 2112
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (168 grams, 12 cm wide).
With carinated profile and flared rim; painted band of geometric shapes reserved on a painted field to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
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Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscript
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. -
Indus Valley and Other Pottery Group
3rd millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Including a biconvex jar with painted detailing, and other items. 2.1 kg total, 6.2-18.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, in the 1990s. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Monkey Statuette Group
2nd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
In various poses with legs and tail forming a tripod base. 231 grams total, 86-97 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
