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LOT 1614

Indus Valley Painted Vessel

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 3/4 in. (300 grams, 14.7 cm wide).

A ceramic vessel of carinated form with waisted upper body, everted rim and shallow foot, decorated with painted polychrome frieze composed of a medial band of concentric and conjoined circles against a field of vertical striations, framed above and below by circumferential tracks with coloured fill.

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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1614

Indus Valley Painted Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £102

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