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LOT 1331
Bactrian Style Alabaster Chalice
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 5/8 in. (2.4 kg, 27 cm high).
With squat, bell-shaped bowl, everted rim and tapering cylindrical stem. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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