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LOT 1523
Large Bronze Age Grey Ware Storage Jar
2ND MILLENNIUMN B.C.
10 1/4 in. (2.85 kg, 26 cm wide).
With rounded base, squat profile, rim with stepped inner face, band of slashes to the shoulder. [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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UK gallery, early 2000s.
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