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LOT 2265
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Collection
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 3/4 - 4 in. (438 grams total, 7-10.3 cm).
Comprising mainly zoomorphic figures in various poses, some mounted on ceramic display base. [6, 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 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 Vessel
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Drum-shaped jar with raised gange rim, radiating hatched band to the shoulder, frieze of fishes to the body. 360 grams, 12 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.
