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LOT 2335
Indus Valley Terracotta Offering Stand
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
14 in. (4.8 kg, 35.5 cm).
With convex rim to the flared base, collar and stepped plate. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Indo-Persian Copper Ewer
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Opening Bid: £150
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Large Indian Earthenware Vessel with Elephant Impressions
Early 1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
With bulbous body, broad mouth with returned rim; band of impressed stamps to the shoulder, each an advancing elephant with fronds; mounted on a custom-made stand, repaired. 16.3 kg, 68.5 cm including stand
Fine condition; repaired.
Acquired before 1972. Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK. Property of a central London collector. -
Indus Valley Clay Fertility Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With flared base, standing female with floor-length robe, applied facial and necklace detailing, arms bent and hands placed beneath the breasts; rear of the head hollow. 337 grams, 19.5 cm
Fine condition.
From a private Belgian collection; previously part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
