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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A DRUM PLAYER, MATURE TO LATE HARAPPAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2600-1750 BC
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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A DRUM PLAYER, MATURE TO LATE HARAPPAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2600-1750 BC Indus Valley Civilization. Standing on an integral base, playing a small hand drum, the nude figure with broad shoulders, muscular torso, and strong legs. The face modeled with a sincere expression, heavy-lidded downcast eyes, a sloping nose, framed by a fringe and short bob cut.The bronze with a naturally grown vibrant patina with distinct areas of malachite and cuprite encrustations.Provenance: A private collection in Italy. Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, Italy, acquired from the above. Leonardo Vigorelli, a retired Italian art dealer and renowned collector, once specialized in African and ancient Hindu-Buddhist art. With a background in anthropology and decades of travel and field research across India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and Africa, he founded the prestigious Dalton Somaré art gallery in Milan, now managed by his two sons.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Expected casting irregularities, small losses, tiny fissures to the legs, some rubbing, scattered nicks and scratches, signs of weathering and encrustations. Invisible old repairs remain a possibility, but nothing could be detected under strong UV light.Weight: 446 g (excl. stand), 733 g (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 15.3 cm (excl. stand), 21.9 g (incl. stand)With an associated stand. (2)Expert's note: It is a curious irony that a culture defined by the Bronze Age has left behind so few surviving bronzes. The present piece is therefore a rare and significant testament to the metalworking traditions of the Indus Valley Civilization. The deep antiquity of metallurgy in the region is already attested at Mehrgarh, where a 6,000-year-old copper 'wheel' amulet was uncovered at a Neolithic farming settlement, demonstrating that experimentation with metal long predated the rise of Indus urbanism. While earlier scholarship tended to regard metal production as the preserve of elite control, more recent research suggests that access to copper and bronze was relatively widespread across Indus society. Bronze figures such as the present example were likely produced across the civilization's urban centers, appearing most prominently during the Mature Harappan period and continuing into the Late Harappan phase. Owing to the constant recycling and reuse of metal, intact examples of this kind are exceptionally uncommon.Did you know?The Indus Valley Civilization was connected to Ancient Egypt through the vast interregional trade networks of the Bronze Age world. Flourishing alongside Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization participated in a dynamic system of long-distance exchange that linked South Asia to the Near East and, through Mesopotamian intermediaries, to the eastern Mediterranean. Distinctive Indus goods—particularly finely crafted carnelian beads and other high-value, portable commodities—moved westward across these networks and likely circulated within Egypt's broader commercial sphere. In this way, the Indus world formed part of an interconnected economic landscape that bound together the great civilizations of the third millennium BC. See a related copper figure of a nude male with a similar hairstyle from the Old Kingdom of Egypt, dated 6th Dynasty (c. 2345-2181 BC), 10.6 cm high, in the British Museum, registration number EA50732.Anthropomorphic representations of both male and female figures have been recovered from numerous sites associated with the Indus Valley Civilization. These examples are typically characterized by a degree of stylization, with an emphasis on the sexual attributes while deliberately omitting detailed treatment of the hands, feet, and facial features, as exemplified by the present figure, with its pronounced genitalia. Here, the engorged phallus is not conceived as erotic in nature, but rather as expressions of virility, potency, and the generative force embodied by the male principle, although the precise significance of these representations remains elusive.Literature comparison:Compare the famous Mature Harappan bronze figure of a dancing girl, dated c. 2000 BC, 10.5 cm high, in the National Museum, New Delhi. Compare a related Mature Harappan bronze figure of a male spear thrower or dancer, found at Chanhiyun Jo Daro (Chanhudaro), Joint Expedition of the American School of Indic and Iranian Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts, 1935-1936 Season. Compare a related bronze figure of a nude woman riding two brahman bulls, dated late Harappan period, 2000-1750 BC, 14 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 2015.505.

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