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LOT 1325

Holy Land Terracotta Vessel with Pie-Crust Handles

MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

3 1/4 in. (96 grams, 84 mm wide).

With bulbous body, flared rim to the mouth, lateral pie-crust ledge handles, pointillé segmentation lines. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 1325

Holy Land Terracotta Vessel with Pie-Crust Handles

Sold for (Inc. bp): £130

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