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THBLot of 2 Indus Valley Mehrgarh Pottery Fertility Idols
Lot 149c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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**Originally Listed At $600**
Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh, ca. 3500 to 2800 BCE. A lovely gathering of two hand-built pottery fertility idols of characteristically abstract forms with delineated legs, curved arms, voluptuous breasts situated beneath incised pectoral collars, and broad shoulders. Their highly stylized faces each present with impressed circular eyes, a narrow nose, slender lips, and tall forehead topped with a neatly arranged coiffure. The shorter figure is formed from red-orange pottery with faint traces of black-painted embellishments, and the taller figure displays traces of pink and white pigment on her chest and arms as well as radiating orange stripes on her collar. Two wonderful examples from the ancient Mehrgarh! Size of largest (striped collar): 1.7" W x 5" H (4.3 cm x 12.7 cm); 4.625" H (11.7 cm) on included custom stand.
Provenance: The Dere Family Collection, New York, USA, assembled 1970's-2000's; ex-Khan Family Collection, New Jersey, USA, acquired in 1980's
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#136995Each figure has restoration to both hands and both legs, with resurfacing and overpainting along break lines and new material. Both figures have minor abrasions to bodies and heads, with fading to original pigmentation and light overpainting on areas of heads, and encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigment throughout.Condition
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