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LOT 2306
Indus Valley Terracotta Seated Fertility Figure
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (52 grams, 12.5 cm).
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.
ProvenanceEx 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.
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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals
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A ceramic bell-shaped jar with painted polychrome frieze of geometric panels, an ibex and a zebu. 260 grams, 12.5 cm
Fine condition, chip to rim.
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Large Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Animal Motifs
Circa 2200 B.C.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Pale cream fabric, funicular lower body and broad rounded shoulder, band of painted ornament including ibises, a tiger and hatched panels. 2.28 kg, 29 cm wide
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12187-222202. -
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Zebu
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
A large bulbous vessel with everted rim, circumferential bands below the neck and to the shoulder, the band in between painted with panels of standing zebus and foliage, symbols to the background. 2.2 kg, 22.5 cm
Fine condition.
Property of a North London gentleman; previously in a private collection formed in the 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
