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LOT 0272

Estimate
GBP (£) 3,500 - 4,500
EUR (€) 4,050 - 5,210
USD ($) 4,690 - 6,030


BACTRIAN CHLORITE BOWL WITH LIONS
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (381 grams, 10.4 cm wide).

Drum-shaped vessel with reserved frieze to the outer face: two lions advancing towards an ibex with head bowed; shallow socket to each of the eyes to accept an inlay panel.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12706-236260.
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. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p.326, for similar.

CONDITION
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