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LOT 2403
Lidded Yellow Quartz Vessel
5 1/8 in. (404 grams, 13 cm high).
An acorn-shaped vessel with fluted body and lid, narrow flat base and onion-knop finial to the lid. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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