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LOT 2302
Large Indus Valley Clay Fertility Figure
33RD-13TH CENTURY B.C.
11 1/4 in. (1.1 kg, 28.5 cm).
A stylised female with hands cupping the breasts, necklace of impressed points and similar detail to the bell-shaped skirt, pinched facial features. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx David Gold collection, before 2000.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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