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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]

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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

CONDITION

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LOT 2547

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Birds

Sold for (Inc. bp): £195

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