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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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