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LOT 2310
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Animals
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (245 grams, 12.5 cm).
A jar of bell-shaped profile with painted polychrome frieze of geometric panels, a crouching lion and a pair of fish. [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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