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LOT 1643
India Chandraketugarh Type Terracotta Figural Rattle
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (330 grams, 16.7 cm high).
A figural ceramic rattle portraying a seated female figure with a vase between her legs, stylised detailing to her hair and face, wearing an ornamental collar and sash, with additional detail to the vase.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
Previously in a Belgium collection.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report dated 13/9/2002 from Arcadia Tecnologie Per I Beni Culturali, Milan.
See Pratapaditya, P. ed., Indian Terracotta Sculpture, Mumbai, 2002, for similar.
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