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Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Fish

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3rd-2nd millennium B.C. or later Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted frieze of fish within geometric borders. See Satyawadi, N., Proto-Historic Pottery of the Indus Valley Civilisation: Study of Painted Motifs, New Delhi, 1994, for discussion. 349 grams, 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.). [No Reserve]

From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.

David Gold amassed a sizable collection of Indus Valley pottery, both vessels and figurative during his retirement, a plaque to David and his brother was recently unveiled by Westminster Council above 43 Carnaby Street, commemorating their business that made Carnaby Street synonymous with fashion in the 1960s.

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Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Fish

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