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LOT 0182
Gigantic Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
21 in. (11.9 kg, 53 cm high).
Barrel-shaped in profile with low rim to the mouth; painted dentilled band to the shoulder with eight panels below alternating plain and hatched; similar pattern to the sidewall, the plain panels with swallowtail motif.
Provenance
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, 1974.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12811-241409.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Cort, L.A., Farhad, M., Gunter, A.C., Asian Tradition in Clay, The Hauge Gifts, Washington, 2000, pp.31, 45, for similar pottery.
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