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LOT 2284
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 - 5 1/2 in. (1.95 kg total, 8.4-14 cm).
Including a squat bowl with carinated profile, biconical jar with segmented horizontal bands and flared rim, bowl with hatched band to the equator, and other types. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Gandharan Stucco Head
3rd-5th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Modelled in the round with serene expression, heavily-lidded eyes, long lobed ears; wavy hair piled above in an ushnisha top-knot; mounted on a custom-made stand. 268 grams total, 92 mm including stand
Acquired in the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Polychrone Cup with Birds
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Bell-shaped with basal ring, frieze to the sidewall of perching birds and pepal leaves. 247 grams, 11.5 cm
From a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent. -
Northern Indian Bronze Lock Plate Figure
13th-14th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £7
Sliding escutcheon cover formed as a D-section human figure with hands clasped at the midriff. 35.4 grams, 66 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London gentleman.