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LOT 0254
Mesopotamian Alabaster Bowl with Inlaid Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (347 grams, 16 cm wide).
Low dish or bowl with flared sidewall, inlaid appliqués to outer face formed as leaping animals, discs, birds and other types. [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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