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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]
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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