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LOT 2099
Northern Indian Nagina Ebony Writing Box with 'M H' Initials
CIRCA 1840 A.D.
13 3/4 x 8 x 5 5/8 in. (2.3 kg, 35 x 20.5 x 14.3 cm).
Finely carved with repeating foliate and geometric designs on top and sides; the hinged lid set with a silver mount engraved with initials 'M H'; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from the UK art market.
Private Scottish collection.
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LOT 2099
Northern Indian Nagina Ebony Writing Box with 'M H' Initials
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Gandharan Terracotta Head
2nd-4th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Male head with finely modelled facial features, urna to the brow, horizontal band to secure the hair, long earlobe with stud; mounted on a custom-made stand. 1.23 kg total, 15 cm high including stand
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
The partial delamination of the head shows quite strikingly the method of construction: at the centre is a rough, irregular ball to which the outer layer of clay has been added carrying the finer modelling; the brow-band appears to have been modelled at this time from the same material as formed the hair. -
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Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscript
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Framed and glazed with polychrome embellishment; from a Diwan by Hafez, comprising two vertical columns of handwritten script, panels of floral ornament and concentric borders; explanatory label to reverse. 293 grams, 22.3 x 17.4 cm
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
Hafez was the most famous of the Islamic Sufi poets. This manuscript was evidently owned by a distinguished and affluent individual. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Monkey Statuette Group
2nd millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £111
In various poses with legs and tail forming a tripod base. 231 grams total, 86-97 mm
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.
