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LOT 2574

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH TERRACOTTA STORAGE VESSEL WITH SERPENT
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/4 in. (381 grams, 13.7 cm).

A drum-shaped vessel with broad shoulder and raised rim; painted radiating lines to the shoulder, serpent to the sidewall. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s.
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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