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LOT 1379
Holy Land Terracotta Bowl
EARLY BRONZE AGE I, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
10 5/8 in. (1.46 kg, 27 cm wide).
Piriform body with slightly everted rim and a circumferential band of piecrust decoration below the rim.
ProvenanceEx Hand of the Potter Exhibition, Piccadilly, London, UK, 1990s.
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