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LOT 1098
Central Asian Slip-Painted Pottery Fragment with Hoopoe
SAMARKAND, 10TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (220 grams, 15.5 cm).
Irregular with dished profile and base to the reverse; glazed surface with painted hoopoe in pale green and salmon-pink. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London gallery, 2002.
From a private UK collection.
Ex central London gallery.
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LOT 1098
Central Asian Slip-Painted Pottery Fragment with Hoopoe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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