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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]

Provenance

Acquired 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2558

Indus Valley Painted Storage Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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