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LOT 2305
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Storage Vessel
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (490 grams, 13cm).
With everted rim and bulbous body, painted bichrome frieze of stylised lions with symbols on the field, ferns in between, running band of ibexes above. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the property of a London gentleman; previously in the private collection of the late David Gold, formed 1970s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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