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LOT 1261
Nabataean Decorated Red Pottery Dish
CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 1/8 in. (97 grams, 13 cm).
Broad and of low conical profile with inturned carinated rim, basal ring; painted pattern of fronds and pellets.
Provenance
From an important collection of terracotta pre 1988, London and Geneva.
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