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LOT 1383
Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (658 grams, 92 mm wide).
Barrel-shaped in profile with carination to the foot and a reserved collar below the rim, bands of pecked decoration.
Provenance
From a collection formed before 1990.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 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.
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