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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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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Carinated in profile with painted inner rim, painted geometric panels to sidewall. 108 grams, 10.6 cm
Ex M. Schoyen collection, 2000s. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Drum-shaped jar with raised flange rim, band of rosettes to the shoulder, geometric and animal panels to the body. 419 grams, 11 cm
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s. -
Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
Framed and glazed and displaying polychrome figural scenes bordered by flowering plants and panels of script: one depicting a tea(?) ceremony set in a landscape featuring blossoming trees and birds; a prince or other figure seated on a bolster, in a landscape featuring a brook and blossoming trees, surrounded by attendants. 932 grams total, 31 x 21.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
