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LOT 2291
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Storage Jar with Ibex
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/2 in. (502 grams, 16.5 cm wide).
A biconvex vessel with shallow convex rim, two ibex standing between pepal leaves and various objects in the field. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 163, no.813.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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