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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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Fine condition.
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An important collection of Hindu art formed by the late Jeffery Romer in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
