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LOT 2548

Indus Valley Ribbed Terracotta Flask

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

6 in. (229 grams, 15cm).

With tiered and stepped base, globular body, poppy-head neck.

Provenance

Ex property of a London gentleman; from his father's collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2548

Indus Valley Ribbed Terracotta Flask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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