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LOT 0183

Estimate
GBP (£) 500 - 700
EUR (€) 580 - 810
USD ($) 670 - 940

ELAMITE CHLORITE VESSEL WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (157 grams, 68 mm high).

Spool-shaped with a flared rim and splayed foot, the upper body carved with a frieze of combed triangles, two plain bands to the equator, guilloche below.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Robin Symes Ancient Art, pre 1999, inventory no.44.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 74.51.5026, for similar triangles; 17.190.106 for a vessel of similar form; cf. the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number AC1995.5.7, for similar guilloche.

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