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LOT 0557
Minoan Stone Vessel
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 3/4 in. (1.48 kg, 14.6 cm wide).
Of conical profile with raised ropework detailing to the broad shoulder.
ProvenancePrivate European collection, 1992.
Thence by descent.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12086-218214.
Cf. similar in Karetsou, A. et al., Crete-Egypt, Cultural Ties of Three Millennia, Catalogue, Cairo, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2000, p.35.
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