INDUS VALLEY TERRACOTTA FERTILITY IDOL

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ART OF ASIA- FROM ANTIQUITY TO PRESENT DAY

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Jul 26, 2020

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  C. 3rd millennium BC. A lovely ochre-coloured handmade fertility idol of characteristically abstract form with delineated legs, curved arms, voluptuous breasts situated beneath an incised pectoral collar, and broad shoulders. the highly stylized face presents with impressed circular eyes, incised eyebrows a narrow nose, slender lips, and tall forehead topped with a neatly arranged coiffure. The Indus Valley Civilisation was an important Bronze Age culture which arose in c. 3300 BC and lasted until c. 1300, though its heyday, to which this ceramic vessel belongs, was in the 3rd millennium BC. These fertility figures are common in the Indus Valley, and likely represent offerings to a deity in exchange for fertility and a healthy pregnancy. Excellent condition. Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK / International art markets. Size: H:120.5mm / W:40.5mm ; 51g
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