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LOT 2082
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (132 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand).
Modelled as a monkey standing and holding a conch shell; textured fur and shell, stub tail; 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
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. -
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Gandharan Schist Figural Buddha Freize
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Rectangular panel with rosettes to the lateral borders; frieze with seated Buddha on a dais flanked by attendants. 4.73 kg, 31 cm wide
Acquired in the early 1980s. Private collection, North London, UK. From the private collection of Mr David Barker, London, UK; thence by descent.
