Auction 18 Part 1
By Apollo Art Auctions
Apr 26, 2025
63-64 Margaret St. London, W1W 8SW
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LOT 28:

LARGE INDUS VALLEY HARAPPA PAINTED JAR

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Sold for: £500
Price including buyer’s premium: £ 645
Start price:
£ 300
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£450 - £900
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Auction took place on Apr 26, 2025 at Apollo Art Auctions
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LARGE INDUS VALLEY HARAPPA PAINTED JAR
Ca. 2500 - 2000 BC. A large ovoid jar with flaring neck and pronounced rim, painted with a continuous band of overlapping lozenge motifs encircling the body, each enclosing a central dot. The shoulder is decorated with an alternating pattern of concentric circles, lozenges and triangles in a red and black palette, while the neck features a stylised plant design. For similar see: Katolec Corporation, Ceramics and terracotta figurines from Balochistan of the Katolec collection, 2017, Kulli Style pottery, F. 74, p. 271. Size: 220mm x 100mm; Weight: 600g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

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