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LOT 2374
Large Native American Carved Stone Bowl and Pestle
WOODLAND PERIOD, 3RD-10TH CENTURY A.D.
8 - 12 1/4 in. (5.4 kg total, 20.5-31 cm).
Deep irregular mortar with smoothed inner face; D-section pestle with rounded ends. [2, 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.
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