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LOT 2654
Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Snakes
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (398 grams, 11.3 cm wide).
With low sidewall, flat shoulder and everted rim to the broad mouth; painted serpent band to side and shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
David Gold was one of the co founders of the Iconic Lord John brand in Carnaby Street that sparked a style revolution in the swinging sixties dressing The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Kinks and were at the heart of 'all things cool'.
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, colour illustration no.4, for the type of vessel, no.13 for the decoration style.
Footnotes
The decoration of the vase evokes the 'fish scale style' from Harappa. Images of water creatures were often stylised. In the Harappan Period the fish scale motif was one of the major painted pattern of that culture.
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