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LOT 2312
Very Large Indus Valley Painted Bowl
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/4 in. (1.5 kg, 23.5 cm).
Hemispherical in profile with painted horizontal bands, hatched squares and other panels in red and black. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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