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LOT 2301
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Cup with Fish
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (215 grams, 12 cm).
With painted frieze to the shoulder of fish between geometric panels. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 163, no.810.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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