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LOT 2536
Indus Valley Terracotta Male Figure
4TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (34.3 grams, 10.2 cm).
With straight arms and legs, wearing a multi-strand necklace, large headdress wrapped around the head with its ends falling on the right shoulder, recessed eyes and pinched nose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North London gentleman; previously in the private collection of the late David Gold, formed 1980-1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
'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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