LOT 2222 Indus Valley Mother Goddess Idol Group
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3rd-2nd millennium BC. A group of terracotta standing bell-shaped, stylised female idols, comprising: one female with a flared base, headdress, applied eyes and facial features, one arm held around torso beneath the breasts, the other hand held to her face; one shorter female with headdress, applied eyes, facial features and discoid ear decoration, hands cupped beneath the breasts; one female with two bands of incised lines around the base, headdress, applied eyes, palms of hands pressed together and held at the chest; one taller female with headdress, applied eyes (at uneven heights), mouth, ear decoration and other facial features, hands cupped beneath the breasts, a single band of impressed circular decoration around the neck representing beads, with two lines of beading extending down from the neck between and beneath the breasts, following the curvature of the hands and arms. 1.9 kg total, 15.5-21cm (6 - 8 1/4"). Property of a Middlesex collector; acquired on the London art market before 2000; formerly part of the 'Mahjarahu Collection' formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s. [4]
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