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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Fish Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Fish Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Fish
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LOT 2524

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Fish

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 in. (105 grams, 10.5 cm).

A squat cup with frieze of polychrome fish below the rim. [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 2524

Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Fish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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