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LOT 2284
Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel Collection
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 - 5 1/2 in. (1.95 kg total, 8.4-14 cm).
Including a squat bowl with carinated profile, biconical jar with segmented horizontal bands and flared rim, bowl with hatched band to the equator, and other types. [10, 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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