Details

LOT 2284

Indus Valley Terracotta Seated Mother Goddess

CIRCA 3000-2500 B.C.

4 5/8 in. (42 grams, 11.8 cm high).

Modelled in a seated position, arms and legs outstretched before her nude body, stylised anatomical and facial features portraying a female figure with large head, dressed hair beneath a head covering, large nose and recessed circular eyes, broad ornamental collar above ample breasts, hour-glass waist, incised fingers and toes. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex Schoyen collection, London, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 2001.305, for similar.