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LOT 0960
Holy Land Red Painted Pottery Amphoriskos
EB I, CIRCA 3000 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (227 grams, 10.6 cm high).
Piriform bodied with rounded base and cylindrical neck, two pierced lug handles, painted linear geometric forms.
ProvenanceFrom an important specialist collection formed in London, UK, before 1988.
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