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LOT 0051
Moroccan Berber Painted Vessel
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/4 in. (946 grams, 21 cm high).
With bulbous body and rounded foot, angled spout and filler to the shoulder, sturdy loop above, bands of painted geometric ornament. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From an old UK collection.
Acquired from Hampstead Auctions, 17 June 2010, no.314.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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