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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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