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LOT 2558
Indus Valley Painted Storage Vessel
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
13 1/2 in. (6.15 kg, 34 cm wide).
With convex underside and sloping shoulder, broad neck with everted rim; concentric bands of black and red painted ornament in hatched and radiating bands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
From the Dr Ince collection, N.W. London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Opening Bid: £50
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