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LOT 2295
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Cup with Animals
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (120 grams, 84 mm).
With polychrome painted frieze of geometric panels, a lion and a zebu. [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.
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