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LOT 2091
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Figurine
33RD-13TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/8 in. (491 grams, 16.2 cm).
Tubular figurine depicting a stylised female with hands clasped beneath the breasts, incised linear hem to the bell-shaped skirt, pinched facial features. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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