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LOT 2097
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 - 4 1/8 in. (247 grams total, 9.9-10.4 cm including stand).
Group of three simians with exaggerated facial features, each with a stub tail; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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 Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Male head with finely modelled facial features, urna to the brow, horizontal band to secure the hair, long earlobe with stud; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.23 kg total, 15 cm high including stand
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
The partial delamination of the head shows quite strikingly the method of construction: at the centre is a rough, irregular ball to which the outer layer of clay has been added carrying the finer modelling; the brow-band appears to have been modelled at this time from the same material as formed the hair. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Polychrome Storage Jar with Fish
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Drum-shaped jar with slightly flared shoulder, raised rim to the mouth; bands of painted decoration including interlocked stepped panels to the shoulder, frieze of fishes to the sidewall. 433 grams, 15.2 cm wide
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.N111m54 from Oxford Authentication. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Jar
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With carinated profile and flared rim; painted band of geometric shapes reserved on a painted field to the shoulder. 168 grams, 12 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of 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.
