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LOT 0899
Large Western Asiatic Decorated Bowl
CIRCA 12TH CENTURY A.D.
9 7/8 in. (741 grams, 25 cm wide).
A Ghaznavid style squat bowl with convex wall and rounded base, worn remains of punched ring-and-dot decoration to the exterior. [No Reserve]
Provenance
English collection formed in the 1990s.
UK art market.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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