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LOT 2326
Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Bull and Lion
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
5 in. (346 grams, 12.6 cm wide).
With narrow basal ring, carination below the sidewall, painted polychrome frieze of a zebu and lion in profile. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
Literature
See Satyawadi, N., Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, New Delhi, 1994, for discussion.
Footnotes
David Gold amassed a sizable collection of Indus Valley pottery, both vessels and figurative during his retirement, a plaque to David and his brother was recently unveiled by Westminster Council above 43 Carnaby Street, commemorating their business that made Carnaby Street synonymous with fashion in the 1960s.
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