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Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl
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LOT 0551

Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl

CIRCA 13TH-11TH CENTURY B.C.

1 5/8 in. (12.8 grams, 42 mm).

Squat jar or bowl with raised rim, painted radiating strokes to the shoulder and concentric rings to the underside. [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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LOT 0551

Mycenaean Miniature Painted Terracotta Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £143

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