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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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'.
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.
FootnotesThe 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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Fair condition.
Ex property of a Greater Manchester collector.
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Chandraketugarh Terracotta Plaque with the Goddess Sri Lakshmi
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Kashmir Terracotta Head of a Bodhisattva
Hund Region, 6th-7th century A.D.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Modelled in the round with heavily-lidded eyes, aquiline nose, thin-lipped mouth; band of conch shells to the brow hanging from a brow-band with segmented bulb above supporting a radiating plaque and sphere, flanked by two rosette collars each supporting a skull; mounted on a custom-made stand. 5.76 kg total, 42.5 cm high including stand
American collection, probably from the 1990s. Private collection, London. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report by Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13252-253040.
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