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LOT 1651
Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
25 1/4 in. (17 kg, 64 cm high).
Comprising a sharply tapering lower body, parallel-sided upper body and rounded rim; decorated in dark brown with thirteen square panels with central saltire on a hatched field; repaired.
Provenance
with Mahboubian Gallery, London, UK, 1974.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12972-245238.
Literature
Cf. Notable Works of Art Now on the Market, supplement to The Burlington Magazine, December 1974, pl.1, for type.
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LOT 1651
Monumental Western Asiatic Pottery Jar
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,340 - 1,880 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£500 (EUR 578; USD 670) +BP*
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