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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.
Provenance
Ex 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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