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LOT 2320
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Fish
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/2 in. (803 grams, 24 cm).
With horizontal painted bands, frieze of fishes, geometric motifs.
ProvenanceEx David Gold, formed 1970s.
Private collection, London.
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Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl
3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £400 - 600 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted roundels with stepped borders. 73 grams, 77 mm wide
with Balakh Carpets, 2003. Private collection, Europe. -
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Collection
2nd-1st millennium B.C. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Group of anthropomorphic figures in various poses, most mounted on a ceramic base. 453 grams total, 4.6-10.1 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Indus Valley Bowl Fragment with Fish
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Drum-shaped vessel with low neck and waisted sidewall; painted interlocking geometric design to the shoulder, frieze of fishes to the sidewall; vase and side partly absent. 794 grams, 19.1 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s. London, UK, collection.
