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LOT 2316
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]
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.
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