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LOT 0220
Bactrian Black Stone Ritual Object
CIRCA 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
23 in. (57.7 kg total, 58.5 cm including stand).
Carved black marble disc with flat edge and biconical faces; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
with Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1969.
Ex London, UK, gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
London, UK, collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12403-225384.
Literature
See Vidale, M., Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilisation of Central Asia, London, 2017, pp.44-51, figs.41-45, for a variety of stone ritual objects in different shapes.
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