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LOT 2271
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (443 grams, 11.5 cm).
Drum-shaped jar with raised flange rim, hatched serpents to the shoulder, geometric and animal panels to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
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Gandharan Stucco Head
3d-5th century A.D.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
Modelled in the round as the head of a Bodhisattva; finely formed facial features with aquiline nose, textured ushnisha; mounted on a custom-made stand. 629 grams total, 14.5 cm including stand
Acquired on the London art market. Private collection, 1970s. -
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. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Including a broad bowl with guilloche and hatched triangle band, biconical jar with cainated profile, bowl with slightly flared rim and scale pattern band to the shoulder, and other types. 2.1 kg total, 8.8-15.5 cm
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.
