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LOT 2267
Large Indus Valley Ceramic Storage Vessel
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 1/4 in. (2.9 kg, 26 cm wide).
With a carinated lower body, everted rim and foot, painted frieze of geometric decoration to the upper body; cracked and repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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Large Indus Valley Ceramic Storage Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With a carinated lower body, everted rim and foot, painted frieze of geometric decoration to the upper body; cracked and repaired. 2.9 kg, 26 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
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Sultanate Red Sandstone Frieze Fragment
North India, probably Delhi, circa 1220-1225 A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Displaying a reserved high-relief Qur'an inscription fragment, Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) Fragment 7 (OL437). 9.6 kg, 45 cm
Ex Frederick Elghanayan collection. Acquired from Sotheby’s, London, UK, 19 April, 1993, lot 148 (part). Ex central London gallery. -
Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+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.
