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LOT 1136
Luristan Bronze Bowl
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (140 grams, 10.6 cm).
Of a rounded profile with rounded base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex London, UK, collections, 1990s-2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Vanden Berghe, L., ‘Excavations in Pusht-i Kuh (Iran) Tombs Provide Evidence on Dating "Typical Luristan Bronzes" in Archaeology, June, 1971, pp.263-271, fig.10, p.269.
Footnotes
These kind of vessels, used found in the graves in the Luristan necropolises, were part of the gifts placed around and on the body.
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