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LOT 0274

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EUR (€) 2,410 - 3,610
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(2 Bids, Reserve not met)   |   Current bid: £15
MASSIVE STONE AGE GRINDING MILL AND PESTLE
TéNéRé CULTURE, 8TH-6TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
19 5/8 in. (16.4 kg total including stand, stone: 50 cm wide).

Made from black volcanic rock with pitted surfaces, comprising a round-section lentoid pestle and a lunate mortar mounted on a custom-made stand. [2]

PROVENANCE:
From Central Sahara, Africa.
Ex southern German private collection of U.H., since before 1999.
Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Germany, auction 279, no.332.

Accompanied by a copy of the Gorny & Mosch invoice and illustrated catalogue listing.
Accompanied by a copy of the German cultural export licence.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12487-229952.
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.

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