Wow what an exciting sale we had with many international bidders in the room. The star lot was an Indian deity which turned out to be 1000 years older than thought. It sold to a US dealer for £155,000 in the room.
The 7¾in Indian figure of deity, which had sat on the shelf of its owner’s home for the past 30 years, was thought to be 19th century, but was at least 1000 years older and extremely rare.
It was consigned with another piece, a rare 18in high bronze figure from the south Indian Chola dynasty and dating back to around the 12th century, which took £220,000 against hopes of £30,000-50,000.
A third bronze of the god Vishnu, standing 12½in high and from the collection of the late Andrew Solomon, sold for £64,000 having been pitched at £12,000-15,000. It dated to the 15th century.
