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LOT 2588
Indus Valley Clay Owl-Like Fertility Figure
33RD-13TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (710 grams, 14.5 cm).
With piriform body and squat, bulbous head, raised circular eyes with central piercing, pinked ears and beak, deep furrowed brows, hollow-formed.
ProvenanceEx David Gold collection, before 2000.
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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Indus Valley Terracotta Painted Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A coiled bowl with painted hatching to the outer face, vegetation to the inner. 485 grams, 19.5 cm
Fair condition.
Ex 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. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Cup with Animals
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
With painted frieze of geometric panels, a zebu and a lion. 140 grams, 87 mm
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. -
Copper-alloy Statue of Seated Ganesh
India, circa 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Sitting on a lotus-flower dais, each of his four hands holding a symbol, with a crown to his head. 547 grams, 11 cm
An important collection of Hindu art formed by the late Jeffery Romer in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
