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LOT 0443

Estimate
GBP (£) 1,500 - 2,000
EUR (€) 1,740 - 2,310
USD ($) 2,010 - 2,680

INDUS VALLEY TERRACOTTA VESSEL WITH BIRDS AND GEOMETRIC DESIGNS
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (406 grams, 12.8 cm wide).

With slightly sloping sidewall, flat shoulder and everted rim to the broad mouth; painted geometric bands and zoomorphic panels to side and shoulder; chipped, repaired.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

LITERATURE:
See Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology, vol.2, New Delhi, 1994.

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