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LOT 0934

Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540

AMLASH TERRACOTTA VESSEL
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 3/8 in. (545 grams, 26.5 cm wide).

Of zoomorphic form.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1970s-1990s.
Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
From a specialist collection of pottery.

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

FOOTNOTES:
Likely representing a wading bird.

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