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LOT 2547
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Birds
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (175 grams, 12.5 cm).
Painted frieze of birds pecking at the baseline. [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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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