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LOT 2399
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Bull Group
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3 - 3 1/2 in. (313 grams total, 78-88 mm).
Each a zebu with hump to the shoulders and dewlap beneath the neck. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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