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LOT 2539

Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl with Rings

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 1/4 in. (424 grams, 13.5 cm).

With carinated body, everted rim, applied loops beneath the rim and free-running rings; painted detailing including foliage to the rim, hatched panels to the shoulders. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of a London gentleman; from his father's collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology vol.2, New Delhi, 1994, for discussion.

CONDITION

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LOT 2539

Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl with Rings

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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