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LOT 2317
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel with Lions
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/4 in. (305 grams, 13.5 cm).
With painted polychrome frieze of geometric panels and crouching lions. [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.
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