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LOT 2298
Indus Valley Terracotta Jar with Ibex
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 5/8 in. (429 grams, 14.5 cm).
A jar with the remains of four pierced lug handles with frieze of ibex to the shoulder, to the body alternating male ibex and partridge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 155, lot 1468.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Indus Valley Terracotta Collared Chalice
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
With flange rim, flared base, stem with collars, and surviving painted decoration to the rim and neck. 923 grams, 20 cm
Fine condition.
Property of a central London gallery; formerly acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A squat jar with everted rim, painted polychrome frieze to the shoulder with geometric panels, a crouching lion and a zebu with a fish above. 705 grams, 18.5 cm
Fine condition, chip to rim.
From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Seated Fertility Figure
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
With applied dome-shaped hair falling to the shoulders, a small pinched nose and impressed holes for eyes, bands of necklaces to the chest and large breasts below, legs together and bent at the knee. 52 grams, 12.5 cm
Fine condition.
Ex David Gold collection; by repute from a group catalogued by the late Professor Lambert in the 1980s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
