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LOT 2531
Indus Valley Terracotta Painted Bowl
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 3/4 in. (485 grams, 19.5 cm).
A coiled bowl with painted hatching to the outer face, vegetation to the inner. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Japanese collection, 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.
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