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LOT 1031
Amlash Terracotta Net-Painted Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (308 grams, 11.2 cm).
Rounded body with two round-section handles on the shoulder, short neck and everted rim; painted net decoration on the upper body.
Provenance
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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