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LOT 0231

Large Bactrian Stone Vessel

2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

10 1/8 in. (7.45 kg, 25.7 cm wide).

With slightly dished base, trumpet-shaped sidewall, parallel circumferential ridges below the rim with segmented detailing. [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 0231

Large Bactrian Stone Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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