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LOT 2303
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (160 grams, 10.3 cm).
Of bell-shaped profile with painted frieze of geometric panels, advancing lion and zebu. [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.
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