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LOT 2085
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (231 grams total, 72-95 mm including stand).
Including female bust with looped handle to the reverse, head with detailed hair and earrings, female with pointillé abdomen and other types; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £78
Including quadrupeds, a bird and human figures, all on square display bases. 441 grams total, 41-73 mm
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. -
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bowl
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Bell-shaped in profile with painted horizontal bands, scale pattern below. 290 grams, 12 cm
Acquired 1990s-2000s. From the late David Gold (d.2015) collection of pottery.
David Gold and his brother were famous for setting up the first clothes shop in Carnaby Street and dressed the famous in the swinging 1960s, making Carnaby Street famous. -
Indus Valley Etched Orange Carnelian Bead Necklace String
Circa 2nd century B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising polished carnelian beads etched with geometric motifs to both faces; restrung. 14.9 grams, 44 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Etched carnelian beads are characteristic of the Indus Valley culture and have been produced since the third millennium B.C. They are a typical product of the Harappa culture, but they are also attested in later millennia and produced elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The oldest specimens come from the Indus Valley and from Mesopotamia. A few specimens were found in the so-called royal cemetery of Ur, where they were identified in the excavation publication as coming from India.
