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THB3 Indus Valley Polychrome Cups w/ Zoomorphic Motifs
Lot 46
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Artemis Fine Arts
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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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Fine Art, more! All legally acquired, legal to sell. Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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Ancient Central Asia, Indus Valley, Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro civilization, ca. 2700 to 2000 BCE. A fine grouping of 3 hand-built pottery bowls with narrow feet beneath broad, cylindrical bodies, all decorated with green, red, and brown pigment atop cream grounds. The first vessel is decorated with dense linear and stepped motifs that are separated into repeating rectangular panels. The second vessel features a standing zebu bull beneath a line of Indus script (also Harappan script) with 3 large leaves on the opposite face. The largest vessel bears an abstract, horned creature with its head bowed, a line of Indus script, and a register of zigzagging linear and stepped patterns. Size of largest: 3.4" W x 2.75" H (8.6 cm x 7 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Toluca Lake, California, USA collection, acquired 2005; ex- Malter Gallery, San Jose, California, USA
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#164399Bowl with standing zebu bull repaired from a few large pieces, with restoration to small areas of rim, and restoration with resurfacing along new material and break lines; remaining two bowls are intact and very good. All vessels have small chips to rims, walls, and feet, with abrasions and light fading to original pigment, and heavy encrustations and earthen deposits. Great remains of original pigment across exterior walls.Condition
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