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LOT 1293
Bactrian Stone Bowl with Two Lions and Female Figure
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 5/8 in. (695 grams, 11.7 cm).
Drum-shaped steatite vessel with reserved frieze to the outer face: two lions advancing, each preceded by a rectangle with incised grid; seated female with long hair and fur-textured garment, offering a fruit to the first lion; palm tree to her rear; shallow socket to each of the eyes and the female's chest to accept an inlay panel.
ProvenanceAcquired from a gallery in France, held in the UK since 1982, thence by descent.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12557-230774.
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.
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.
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