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LOT 0443
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.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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LOT 0443
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Birds and Geometric Designs
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Each of the three vessels of carinated form and displaying repainted polychrome geometric and zoomorphic motifs within panels; including one cup with a D-shaped handle. 402 grams total, 65-94 mm
Acquired in England in the 2000s. Ex Everitt collection, acquired by descent 2017. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Geometric Designs
Circa 2200 B.C.Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Drum-shaped in profile with basal ring, band of interlocking T-shaped and other painted cells; rim chipped. 117 grams, 95 mm
Joseph G Gerena Fine Art, New York, 27 October 2003. Acquired by the present owner from the above. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Geometric Designs
Circa 2200 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Drum-shaped in profile with basal ring, band of interlocking concentric rings and other painted cells. 100 grams, 81 mm wide
Joseph G Gerena Fine Art, New York, 27 October 2003. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
