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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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Velvet panel with embroidered figure of a peacock in stem stitch, couching, satin stitch and other techniques; second fabric panel with fronds in stem and other stitches; the threads with metallic content, threaded beads. 740 grams total, 29.5 x 24.5 cm
Property of a London, UK gentleman. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Modelled as a monkey standing and holding a conch shell; textured fur and shell, stub tail; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 132 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand
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. -
Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscript
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Framed and glazed with polychrome embellishment; from a Diwan by Hafez, comprising two vertical columns of handwritten script, panels of floral ornament and concentric borders; explanatory label to reverse. 293 grams, 22.3 x 17.4 cm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Hafez was the most famous of the Islamic Sufi poets. This manuscript was evidently owned by a distinguished and affluent individual.