Indus Valley Terracotta Seated Female Idol

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 in. (286 grams, 13 cm).

A nude female, seated on a throne with raised arms, with pinched facial and other details, incised knees and navel, applied crown, eyes, mouth, collar and other details; a dog seated to her right side, her hand resting on its head; hollow to the underside; repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an important central London collection formed since the mid 1960s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2302