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LOT 2468
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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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 2468
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Birds and Geometric Designs
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel with Fishes
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Squat in profile with slightly deep shoulder, low neck, flat sidewall, narrow foot; painted polychrome panels with fishes and geometric motifs. 390 grams, 11.8 cm
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990-2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Geometric Designs
Circa 2200 B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+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. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. -
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Indus Valley Etched Orange Carnelian Necklace Bead Group
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Comprising polished beads in various sizes with etched geometric designs. 7.68 grams total, 3-15 mm
Ex UK gallery, early 2000s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Etched carnelian beads are characteristic of the Indus Valley culture and have been produced since the third millennium B.C. They are a typical product of the Harappa culture, but they are also attested in later millennia and produced elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The oldest specimens come from the Indus Valley and from Mesopotamia. A few specimens were found in the so-called royal cemetery of Ur, where they were identified in the excavation publication as coming from India.
