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LOT 0184
Bactrian Stone Bowl with Snakes
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 3/4 in. (881 grams, 17 cm).
Carved with squat, vertical sidewall and everted rim, frieze of entwined snakes with opposed heads between raised bands around the body.
ProvenanceAcquired from a French gallery in 1982; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. 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.
FootnotesThe stone is likely chlorite.
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LOT 0184
Bactrian Stone Bowl with Snakes
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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