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LOT 2480
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (596 grams, 16.5 cm high).
Modelled as a stylised female figure with a bell-shaped body, oval head with arched brow, narrow eyes, circular recessed mouth and applied ears, one remaining arm held to one of two conical breasts, series of prick marks over the body and neck; hollow-form. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAbelita family collection, 1980-2015.
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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Fine condition.
From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. 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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Fine condition.
Ex David Gold collection; by repute from a group catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1980s. 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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Fine condition.
From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. 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.
