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LOT 1656
Indus Valley Painted Jar
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (427 grams, 16 cm wide).
A carinated ceramic vessel with everted rim and polychrome geometric frieze to the upper body.
Provenance
Acquired 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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