Chandraketugarh Globular Vase with Flying Goddesses. 2nd-1st century B.C. A large bulbous ceramic vessel with elaborate frieze of flying winged goddesses on a field of mythical flowers, stars and rosettes; each goddess depicted nude with a translucent skirt, dressed in layers of rich jewellery and a flowing cloth draped across the shoulders; a canopy of lotus flower petals above and a circumferential band of rosettes below; a band of applied rosettes on an incised net-pattern above the shoulder, the everted rim with a band of raised rosettes. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2002.266, for similar, and accession number 2004.553.2, for ivory plaque with similar iconography. 982 grams, 22.2 cm high (8 3/4 in.) Ex private French collection since before 2000. Acquired from Alexis Renard, Paris, in 2011. UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11262-189525. Accompanied by an original positive thermoluminescence report no.09111208 issued by Laboratory Kotalia. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]

Fine condition, chip to body.