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LOT 2310
Indus Valley Terracotta Artefact Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 3/4 - 4 in. (561 grams total, 69-99 mm including stand).
Including seated woman with textured hair, dog, and other items each on a ceramic base. [5, 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 Schist Frieze Fragment
2nd-4th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Carved corbel or column fragment with scrolled foliage to three faces and socket to upper face to accept a statue; three youthful figures - two females flanking a larger male - each wearing the hair dressed in a topknot, with radiating sunburst behind them and below a team of two horses galloping left with empty saddles and their reins flung back towards the central character, probably a charioteer. 13.3 kg, 37 cm wide
London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Late Mughal Illuminated Quran Leaf
Mid-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Single-sided leaf from a Quran manuscript, the left panel with the last verses from Surah 1 ("Al-Fatiah" or "the Opening"), and the right register shows the first verses from Surah 2 ("Al-Baqrah", "the Heifer"). 3.77 grams, 16.2 x 21 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Scottish private collection. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bell-shaped in profile with everted rim, painted latticework to sidewall. 93 grams, 86 mm
Ex M. Schoyen collection, 2000s.
