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LOT 2515
Large Indus Valley Terracotta Storage Vessel
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (3.1 kg, 32cm).
With socle base, conical body with piecrust rim, domed shoulder with raised rim and radiating triangles. [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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