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LOT 2498
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Animal Motifs
CIRCA 2200 B.C.
11 1/2 in. (2.28 kg, 29 cm wide).
Pale cream fabric, funicular lower body and broad rounded shoulder, band of painted ornament including ibises, a tiger and hatched panels.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12187-222202.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Ghirsman, R., Fouilles de Sialk, pres de Kashan, Paris, 1938; Dani, A.H., Thapar, B.K., ‘The Indus Civilization’ in Unesco Publishing, History of civilizations of Central Asia, Volume I, The dawn of civilization: earliest times to 700 B.C., Paris, 1992, pp.271-307; Satyawadi, S., Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, Perspectives in Indian Art and Archaeology vol.2, New Delhi, 1994, pp.113ff. and figs.92, 96, 100, for similar style of pottery.
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LOT 2498
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Vessel with Animal Motifs
Estimate £4,500 - 5,500€5,220 - 6,380 (for guidance only)$6,080 - 7,430 (for guidance only)
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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Birds
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Painted frieze of birds pecking at the baseline. 175 grams, 12.5 cm
Fine condition.
From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Geometric Vase
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Biconvex jar with flared mouth, painted concentric bands to the shoulder. 696 grams, 18.5 cm
Fair condition.
From the property of a London gentleman; formerly in a UK collection, acquired in the 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Bowl with Ibex
4th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Peepal leaf cross in centre surrounded by four painted bands with of row of twelve ibexes above. 1.1 kg, 17.2 cm
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 159, no.1500. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
