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LOT 2564
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Bowl with Fish
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/2 in. (738 grams, 24 cm).
A footed bichrome bowl with painted inner face, central lotus(?) flower, a band of swimming fish above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a North West London gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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