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LOT 2563
Large Indus Valley Decorated Terracotta Bowl
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/4 in. (2.4 kg, 31 cm).
With dimple base, central panel with bird and foliage within a geometric border, body red with black geometric motifs, border with birds and foliage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a London gentleman; from his father's collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Indus Valley Terracotta Ram and Cow Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
With black markings on the heads, bodies, tails and legs; each pierced once in a similar position. 412 grams total, 9.3-10.3 cm
Fine condition.
Property of a North West London gentleman; part of his father's collection formed during the 1980s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Bowl with Ibex
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Peepal leaf cross in centre surrounded by four painted bands with of row of twelve ibexes above. 1.1 kg, 17.2 cm
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 159, no.1500. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Copper-alloy Goddess Lakshmi Figure
India, circa late 19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Standing on a lotus pedestal and holding a lotus bud in her right hand, wearing a tall conical crown, karandamakuta, with a siraschakra, a decorative lotus flower, behind the head. 41 grams, 60 mm
An important collection of Hindu art formed by the late Jeffery Romer in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
