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LOT 1315

Mesopotamian Stone Jar

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 1/2 in. (616 grams, 11.3 cm wide).

Comprising a bulbous body with circumferential bands, undercut at the neck with everted rectangular-section rim to the mouth, disc base with rectangular socket.

Provenance

Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.

Literature

See Aruz, J., Art Of The First Cities The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, for discussion.

CONDITION
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LOT 1315

Mesopotamian Stone Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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