PAIR OF INDUS VALLEY DISHES WITH QUADRUPEDS

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Ca. 2500 - 1800 BC. A pair of shallow terracotta dishes, from left to right: a dish in buff fabric, with a central concentric medallion and an encircling frieze of stylised quadrupeds alternating with stylised trees and abstract marks in the field; and a dish with a red-slipped surface, with a central roundel within radiating bands and a surrounding frieze of quadrupeds and vegetal motifs. Size: 40-55mm x 220-255mm; Weight: 1.3gg Provenance: Private London collection; previously acquired on the English art market; originally in the collection of T Verlinden, London 1980?s.

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