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LOT 0181
Gigantic Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
24 3/8 in. (14.85 kg, 62 cm high).
Cylindrical in plan and bullet-shaped in profile, sidewall decorated in dark brown with dense hatched filet below the rim and broad band of D-shaped voids and other detailing.
ProvenanceWith Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12810-241412.
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.
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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