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LOT 238989

Estimate
GBP (£) 70 - 90
EUR (€) 81 - 104
USD ($) 94 - 121

Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) (+bp*)
INDUS VALLEY MEHRGARH TERRACOTTA VESSEL WITH ANIMALS
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (270 grams, 11.5 cm).

A jar with painted polychrome frieze of geometric panels, grazing birds and a crouching lion. [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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