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LOT 2307
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Cup with Animals
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (171 grams, 10.5 cm wide).
With polychrome painted frieze of geometric panels, a lion and a zibex. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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