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Elamite Segmented and Decorated Schist Vessel Elamite Segmented and Decorated Schist Vessel Elamite Segmented and Decorated Schist Vessel
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LOT 0256

Elamite Segmented and Decorated Schist Vessel

3RD-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 1/4 in. (753 grams, 11 cm wide).

Cylindrical with waisted profile and rounded underside, inner with central tube and four radiating partitions; band of hatched triangles flanking herringbone and ring-and-dot motifs. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

CONDITION
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LOT 0256

Elamite Segmented and Decorated Schist Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £416

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