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LOT 2479

Sold for (Inc. bp): £520

INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH TERRACOTTA GEOMETRIC VASE WITH ANIMALS
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/4 in. (696 grams, 18.5 cm).

Biconvex jar with flared mouth, painted concentric bands of ornament to the shoulder, featuring a lion and ibex between peepal leaves. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 159, no.1506.
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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