Idol, period VIII, ca. 2500 BC · Pakistan, Indus Valley, Mehrgarh · ID: 3053767
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Robert Wilson, Watermill, USAGerman Private Collection
Size
H: 10,6 cm
H: 4.2 inch
Description
ceramic, base
Mehrgarh, in present-day Pakistan, is one of the earliest permanently inhabited settlement sites in South Asia and, from the 7th millennium BC onwards, developed into an important centre of agriculture, animal husbandry and craftsmanship. Small anthropomorphic terracotta figurines with highly stylised bodies, elaborately modelled hairstyles and jewellery are characteristic of the later settlement phases and rank among the earliest examples of figurative representation in the Indus region.
Notices
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