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LOT 1734
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/4 in. (845 grams, 18.5 cm hhigh).
With bell-shaped ribbed body and squat head, applied brow-ridge, eyes and beaked nose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Indus Valley Etched Orange Carnelian Necklace Bead Group
Circa 2nd century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising polished carnelian beads etched with geometric motifs to both faces. 15 grams total, 4-11 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Indian Bronze Figure of Lakshmi
Circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Standing on an integral decorated plinth base and holding two lotus flowers wrapped around her shoulders and wrist; her slender body clad in a long paridhana gathered at the waist with a sash, her upper torso adorned with necklaces and her arms with armlets and bracelets; wearing a tiered feather and flower crown. 1.2 kg, 28 cm high
Ex private Surrey collection. From the collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Indus Valley Etched Orange Carnelian Bead Necklace String
Circa 2nd century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising polished carnelian beads etched with geometric motifs to both faces; restrung. 15.1 grams, 46 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Etched carnelian beads are characteristic of the Indus Valley culture and have been produced since the third millennium B.C. They are a typical product of the Harappa culture, but they are also attested in later millennia and produced elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The oldest specimens come from the Indus Valley and from Mesopotamia. A few specimens were found in the so-called royal cemetery of Ur, where they were identified in the excavation publication as coming from India.
