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LOT 2076
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Head
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (88 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand).
Modelled in the half-round with elaborate hair and rosette ornaments, pinched and applied facial detailing; 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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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bell-shaped in profile with painted horizontal bands, scale pattern below. 290 grams, 12 cm
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. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Including quadrupeds, a bird and human figures, all on square display bases. 441 grams total, 41-73 mm
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 Painting Group
19th century A.D.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
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.