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LOT 2507
Indus Valley Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 7/8 in. (1.27 kg, 17.5 cm wide).
Squat drum-shaped body with painted polychrome fish and geometric motifs to sidewall, concentric rings to shoulder. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of the late David Gold, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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