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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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