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LOT 1632
Indus Valley Painted Vase with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (455 grams, 16.5 cm high).
A piriform ceramic vase with everted rim and discoid foot, circumferential painted bands of waves and vertical hatching around the shoulder, a procession of stylised or mythical creatures to the equator.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Opening Bid: £100
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Framed Indian Watercolour Painting
20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
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Indus Valley Painted Vessel
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £102
A ceramic vessel of carinated form with waisted upper body, everted rim and shallow foot, decorated with painted polychrome frieze composed of a medial band of concentric and conjoined circles against a field of vertical striations, framed above and below by circumferential tracks with coloured fill. 300 grams, 14.7 cm wide
Fine condition.
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation 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.
