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LOT 2088
Indus Valley Seated Terracotta Fertility Idol Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
2 1/2 - 4 3/8 in. (119 grams total, 6.5-11.2 cm).
Including two white clay figures with applied details to the hair, collar, arms and breasts, both with one arm absent and one repaired; and two further fragments of similar. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. similar fragment in the British Museum under accession no.1939,0619.206.
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