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LOT 2311

Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 in. (73 grams, 77 mm wide).

Drum-shaped with gently carinated base and narrow foot, the outer body displaying polychrome painted roundels with stepped borders.

Provenance

with Balakh Carpets, 2003.
Private collection, Europe.

CONDITION

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LOT 2311

Indus Valley Painted Geometric Pottery Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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