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LOT 1291
Mesopotamian Stone Vessel
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (192 grams, 85 mm).
Squat in profile with slightly rounded base, low sidewall, rounded rim.
ProvenanceEx Mayfair, London, UK, gallery, 2000s.
LiteratureSee Aruz, J. (ed.), Art Of The First Cities, The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus,The Metropolitan Museum, 2003, p.337, item 234, for a heavily decorated vessel of similar profile.
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Western Asiatic Bronze Dish
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Ex collection of a late London gentleman, 1990s. Accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by the late W.G. Lambert, Professor of Assyriology at the University of Birmingham, 1970-1993. 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.
