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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.

Provenance

Acquired 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.

Literature

See Pratapaditya, P. ed., Indian Terracotta Sculpture, Mumbai, 2002, for similar.

CONDITION

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LOT 1643

India Chandraketugarh Type Terracotta Figural Rattle

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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