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Estimate
GBP (£) 50 - 70
EUR (€) 58 - 81
USD ($) 67 - 94
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4" (98.60 grams, 82mm).
A ceramic mammiform vessel with everted rim, painted polychrome frieze of a crouching ibex and a pecking bird with pellet-and-circles to the field. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the property of a London gentleman; previously in the private collection of the late David Gold, formed 1970s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
FOOTNOTES:
'David Gold amassed a sizable collection of Indus Valley pottery, both vessels and figurative during his retirement, a plaque to David and his brother was recently unveiled by Westminster Council above 43 Carnaby Street, commemorating their business that made Carnaby Street synonymous with fashion in the 1960s'
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