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LOT 1626
Indus Valley Painted Cup
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (183 grams, 10.4 cm).
A carinated ceramic cup with slightly concave upper body and convex lower body with a shallow foot; painted geometric frieze to the upper body and solid band to rim interior.
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d. 2015) collection of Indus Valley civilisation pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous.
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