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LOT 2541
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Storage Vessel
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 in. (460 grams, 15.5 cm).
With flared mouth, bands of black painted geometric design to the shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a collection formed in the 2000s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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