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| Title: |
A rare and superb Indus Valley votive pottery plate |
| Item Code: |
08523 |
| Description: |
A rare and superb Indus Valley votive pottery plate.
Buff slip with overpainted decoration on the interior and exterior in the form of thirty-eight fish (according to Parpola, representations of a sky god), and repeated sequence of geometric designs around the interior rim.
Red, yellow, green and brown mineral pigments. Intact, with earth deposits evident.
This piece is accompanied by a thermoluminescence test report from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, giving an approximate age of 5350 years BP +/- 25%. |
| Origin: |
Nal phase, circa 5350 B.P. Mehrgarh culture, Indus Valley |
| Dimensions: |
Diameter: 33.3 cm / Height: 8.3 cm |
| Condition: |
Intact, with earth deposits evident.
This piece is accompanied by a thermoluminescence test report from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, giving an approximate age of 5350 years BP +/- 25%. |
| Price: |
 |
$
28,500.00 |
 |
$
24,225.00 |
 |
€
19,380.00 |
| Status: |
Available |
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Ancient Art and Antiquities