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LOT 1341

Amlash Terracotta Pouring Bowl

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

11 1/4 in. (731 grams, 28.5 cm).

With a bulbous body and flat base, wide U-shaped spout developing below the rim and loop handle to the rear.

Provenance

From a London, UK, gentleman's collection of ancient pottery and artefacts, 1990s.
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.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 67.247.7, for a comparable vessel.

CONDITION

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LOT 1341

Amlash Terracotta Pouring Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £156

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