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LOT 2549

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC

4 in. (145 grams, 10.5 cm).

With painted frieze of geometric panel, peepal leaf, gryphon and advancing bird. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an important London collection of Bronze Age pottery; formed 1970s-1980.
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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LOT 2549

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £247

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