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LOT 2313
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 5/8 - 2 7/8 in. (441 grams total, 41-73 mm).
Including quadrupeds, a bird and human figures, all on square display bases. [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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AUCTIONS:
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Very Large Indus Valley Terracotta Flask
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Biconvex in profile with central dome to the upper face; two lateral loop handles to the shoulders and spout between with socketted rim; painted bands to the neck, median band with lion and ibex flanked by geometric bands to the rim and centre. 3.45 kg, 34 cm
European collection, formed 1960s. Private collection, London. -
Indo-Persian Miniature Painting
20th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
Framed and glazed displaying a figural panel inserted into four vertical columns of cursive script separated by red and blue bands, continued on the reverse. 1.15 kg, 45.5 cm
Property of a London gallery. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Fish
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Biconvex in profile with low rim to the mouth; painted circumferential bands to the shoulder with frieze of fishes. 500 grams, 16.5 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.