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LOT 2311
Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (73 grams, 77 mm wide).
Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted roundels with stepped borders.
Provenancewith Balakh Carpets, 2003.
Private collection, Europe.
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Indus Valley Terracotta Offering Stand
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With convex rim to the flared base, collar and stepped plate. 4.8 kg, 35.5 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted roundels with stepped borders. 73 grams, 77 mm wide
with Balakh Carpets, 2003. Private collection, Europe. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Beast Head Group
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
One a spout(?) with circular open mouth, ram's horns and band of roundels to the neck; one with long porcine snout, applied lentoid eyes and brow-ridge, painted stripe detailing; each mounted on a custom-made stand. 253 grams total, 15-16.5 cm
Fine condition.
From a UK collection; acquired on the London art market in 2004; formerly in a 1970s collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
