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LOT 2512
Indus Valley Seated Terracotta Fertility Figure
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
3 in. (19.1 grams, 77 mm).
Seated goddess with legs extended in front of the body, pinched head and face, wearing an applied headdress and broad tiered collar; detailing to the collar applied with a point. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from Alexander Gotz, London, UK.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
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.
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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Geometric Vase with Animals
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Fair condition.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 159, no.1506. 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. -
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3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Squat drum-shaped body with painted polychrome fish and geometric motifs to sidewall, concentric rings to shoulder. 1.27 kg, 17.5 cm wide
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
