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LOT 1292
Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (405 grams, 12.5 cm wide).
With rounded base, short neck and broad everted rim.
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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