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LOT 2296
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 in. (566 grams, 20.5 cm).
Circular plate or lid with stepped underside, convex border with hatched bands, tondo with bird and lion motif. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
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Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
Late 19th century A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
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. -
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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Including a squat footed bowl with bosses to the equator, bell-shaped jar with narrow foot, bowl with slightly flared rim and scale pattern band to the shoulder, and other types. 1.65 kg total, 7.8-11.6 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. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Offering Stand
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With convex rim to the flared base, collar and stepped plate. 4.8 kg, 35.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
