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LOT 1058
Mesopotamian Terracotta Jar
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 7/8 in. (149 grams, 99 mm wide).
Biconvex in profile with rounded undeside, flared rim to the mouth; band of hatched ornament to the shoulder with pierced bird head-shaped lugs, remains of two ledge handles. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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