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LOT 2576
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Footed Goblet
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 in. (1.6 kg, 22.5 cm).
Formed as two conical bowls conjoined with flange rims, bands of painted geometric patterning over red surface, pellets and fish to the upper face, slashed strokes to the rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property 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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