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LOT 2557
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (579 grams, 15.5 cm).
A hollow-form figure formed as a female fertility idol with headpiece, prominent nose, lentoid eyes, arms and hands held to body, hands cupping conical-shaped breasts; bell-shaped body decorated with series of pointillé motifs. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Japanese collection, 1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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