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LOT 0188
Indo-Gangetic Copper Anthropomorphic Idol
INDIA, CIRCA 1500-1300 B.C.
14 1/4 in. (3.24 kg total, 36.3 cm wide).
A large flat-section figure with curled arms, spread legs, lobed head; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenancePrivate English collection, 1950s, and kept in England.
Ex Atigh Gallery, pre-1986.
with Aaron Gallery, acquired from the above.
Accompanied by a copy of the 1986 invoice from Atigh Gallery.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12492-230324.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Yule, P., The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985, pl.II, no.239, for discussion.
FootnotesA cluster of copper artefacts dating to 1500-1000 B.C. was found in the Indo-Gangetic plains (region of Uttar Pradesh), including a number of anthropomorphic figures with downwards curving arms, dome-shaped heads, and spread legs. They were cast in moulds and then hammered with often discernible chisel marks. They can be divided in several distinct categories based on their characteristics, and it has been suggested that these idols functioned as protective guardian spirits.
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