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LOT 0279
Nabataean Decorated Red Pottery Bowl
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (103 grams, 16.5 cm).
Shallow dish with carinated rim, painted decoration of radiating palmettes and geometric forms. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Jordan under export licence, circa 1980s.
From Madame Liechti, Geneva, Switzerland.
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