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LOT 1298
Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 1/4 in. (736 grams, 18.4 cm wide).
With broad base, flared sidewall, stepped inner face to 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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