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LOT 2300
Indus Valley Mehrgarh Terracotta Vessel
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B,C.
5 in. (180 grams, 13 cm).
A bell-shaped footed cup with painted frieze including ibexes, a serpent and standing birds. [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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