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LOT 238977

Estimate
GBP (£) 60 - 80
EUR (€) 69 - 93
USD ($) 80 - 107

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)
INDUS VALLEY CLAY FERTILITY IDOL
33RD-13TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (725 grams, 20.5cm).

With bell-shaped body, applied arms held across the chest, trilobate head and large pinched nose; hollow-formed. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s.
Property of an English gentleman.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

CONDITION
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