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LOT 2300
Indus Valley Terracotta Fertility Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (380 grams, 15.3 cm).
A bell-shaped hollow-form fertility idol formed as a female figure, both hands cupping breasts, applied eyes, pinched nose, prominent chin; wearing long garment and a headdress; piercing on the head; hole in the side of head. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Middlesex collector; acquired on the London art market before 2000; formerly in an old English collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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