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LOT 2534

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Cup with Animals

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 1/4 in. (140 grams, 87 mm).

With painted frieze of geometric panels, a zebu and a lion. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980.
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.

CONDITION
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LOT 2534

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Cup with Animals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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