LARGE INDUS VALLEY TERRACOTTA GODDESS FIGURINE - TL TESTED. Ca. 3000 - 2500 BC. A terracotta female figure with a broad planar head with a prominent brow, triangular nose, large eyes with incised pupils, and ears with circular earrings. A beaded collar of punched dots encircles the neck above rounded shoulders, with the forearms brought forward and the hands set beneath the breasts. The lower body forms a tall cylindrical skirt that flares towards the base. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 5744, Art and Textiles of the Islamic and Indian World, Including Works from the Collection of the Late Simon Digby, Lot 293. Size: 210mm x 90mm; Weight: 640g Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in the early 2000s in France; previously in 1970s European collection. This piece has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla. The report will accompany the lot.