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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)$400 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 201) +BP*
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