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LOT 1637
Indus Valley Painted Pottery Cup
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/8 in. (294 grams, 13 cm wide).
A ceramic vessel of carinated form and slightly concave upper body with everted rim and shallow foot, polychrome geometric frieze to the upper body. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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