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LOT 2261
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 3/4 - 4 in. (453 grams total, 4.6-10.1 cm including stand).
Group of anthropomorphic figures in various poses, most mounted 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 Stucco Head
3rd-5th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
Modelled in the round as a head of a Bodhisattva with hair in cascading curls, long earlobes, rounded fleshy face with scaphoid eyes; mounted on a custom-made stand. 197 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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. 1.95 kg total, 8.4-14 cm
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. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Dish
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Shallow bowl with basal ring, four painted panels each with an ibex. 128 grams, 11.7 cm
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.