A terracotta elephant bead talisman from the ancient Indus Valley culture, first millennium AD.

In good condition. It has been cleaned by hand, but the nice antique patina is preserved. 
Original, ancient, hand forming, cutting , carving, boring  and grinding. The holes are ancient, hand-made, irregular. Traces of use and age on its surface - it can happen that the holes have been over drilled with modern techniques to make them wearable when ancient holes obstructed, also that remains of several holes are visible. Some beads have been tumbler cleaned in the past so they have a smooth / shiny aspect.

Purchased mid 90's in London by Dr. Zelnik on the local art market.

Important information :

The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. Due to the complicated Cultural Laws we will not be able to ship this item outside of the EU nor to the United States.

Provenance :

This item comes from the collection of Dr. István Zelnik, resulting from more than 50 years of collecting.
Former diplomat, Asian Art collector, Researcher.

Publications :

More than 20 essays on Southeast Asian politics and economy.
Co-author of 10 albums and books on Southeast Asian Art.

A terracotta elephant bead talisman from the ancient Indus Valley culture, first millennium AD.

In good condition. It has been cleaned by hand, but the nice antique patina is preserved. 
Original, ancient, hand forming, cutting , carving, boring  and grinding. The holes are ancient, hand-made, irregular. Traces of use and age on its surface - it can happen that the holes have been over drilled with modern techniques to make them wearable when ancient holes obstructed, also that remains of several holes are visible. Some beads have been tumbler cleaned in the past so they have a smooth / shiny aspect.

Purchased mid 90's in London by Dr. Zelnik on the local art market.

Important information :

The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. Due to the complicated Cultural Laws we will not be able to ship this item outside of the EU nor to the United States.

Provenance :

This item comes from the collection of Dr. István Zelnik, resulting from more than 50 years of collecting.
Former diplomat, Asian Art collector, Researcher.

Publications :

More than 20 essays on Southeast Asian politics and economy.
Co-author of 10 albums and books on Southeast Asian Art.

文化
哈拉帕文明
Name of object
象珠護身符
世紀/時間框架
1st Millenium AD
種源
私人收藏
原產國
亞洲
材質
Terracotta
狀態
Height
31 mm
Width
23 mm
Depth
17 mm

406 個評價 (在過去的12個月有406 條評論)
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406 個評價 (在過去的12個月有406 條評論)
  1. 396
  2. 4
  3. 6

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賣家保證並能證明該物品是合法取得的。 Catawiki 通知賣家,他們必須提供其居住國法律要求的文件。 賣家保證並有權出售/出口此物品。 賣家將向買家提供有關該物品的所有已知來源的資訊。 賣家確保已/將安排任何必要的許可證明。 賣家將立即通知買家有關獲得此類許可時的任何延誤。