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LOT 2112
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (168 grams, 12 cm wide).
With carinated profile and flared rim; painted band of geometric shapes reserved on a painted field to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1990s-2000s.
From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.
Footnotes
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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