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LOT 2304
Indus Valley Cylindrical Clay Fertility Figure
3300-1300 B.C.
7 1/2 in. (925 grams, 19 cm high).
A bell-shaped fertility figure with squat, bulbous head, stylised face composed of raised features including a heavy brow, pinched nose, and circular eyes; hollow-formed. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection of a late Japanese gentleman, 1970-2010.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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