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LOT 2316
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Piriform Cup
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (192 grams, 14 cm).
A ceramic beaker with waisted piriform body, broad rim and small discoid foot, sections of the upper body divided into panels by polychrome lines. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an important deceased Japanese collector, 1970-2010.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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