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LOT 2320
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Bowl with Fish
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/2 in. (803 grams, 24 cm).
With horizontal painted bands, frieze of fishes, geometric motifs.
Provenance
Ex David Gold, formed 1970s.
Private collection, London.
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