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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Fine condition; evidence of alteration to base.
London art market 1979. Property of a gentleman living in central London.
