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LOT 2010
Indus Valley Style Terracotta Bull Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (406 grams total, 90-94 mm).
A group of four zebu bulls, each with painted details. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 153, no.637; 156, no.908; 159, no.1509; and 163, no.814.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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