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LOT 2667

Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 1/4 in. (933 grams, 16 cm).

Drum-shaped vessel with a small mouth, the body with a standing lion and a grazing gazelle with panels of geometric decorations in between, the upper face with concentric circles and hemicircles.

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.
Private collection, London, UK.

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LOT 2667

Indus Valley Painted Terracotta Vessel

Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)

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