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LOT 2291

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 in. (260 grams, 12.5 cm).

A ceramic bell-shaped jar with painted polychrome frieze of geometric panels, an ibex and a 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 2291

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals

Sold for (Inc. bp): £390

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