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LOT 0971
Holy Land Trans Jordanian Ceramic Bowl
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 1.4 in. (1.6 kg, 21 cm wide).
Bulbous bodied and decorated with a band of pricked dashes around the rim.
Provenance
From an important specialist collection formed in London, UK, before 1988.
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