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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Storage Vessel with Serpent Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Storage Vessel with Serpent Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Storage Vessel with Serpent
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LOT 2574

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.

CONDITION
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LOT 2574

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Storage Vessel with Serpent

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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