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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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