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LOT 2563
Large Indus Valley Decorated Terracotta Bowl
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/4 in. (2.4 kg, 31 cm).
With dimple base, central panel with bird and foliage within a geometric border, body red with black geometric motifs, border with birds and foliage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty 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.
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Fine condition.
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