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LOT 1385
Amlash Terracotta Net-Painted Handled Vase
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 5/8 in. (584 grams, 22 cm).
Piriform body and a funicular neck, two pierced lug handles above the shoulder, a circumferential band of dense net decoration on the body, and the shoulder decorated with a band of concentric triangles.
ProvenanceEx Abelita collection, 1990s.
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