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LOT 2113
Indus Valley Style Fertility Idol
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 3/4 in. (53 grams, 96 mm).
With flat discoid base, arms bent with hands on hips, body decorated with incised necklace; face with prominent pinched nose, applied discoid eyes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Swiss collection; acquired 1980s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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