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LOT 0212
Nabataean Painted Jug
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
47/8 in. (76 grams, 12.4 cm high).
A small terracotta jug with strap handle above the shoulder, painted frond patterns to the body, shoulder and neck.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of Holy Land pottery formed pre 1988, thence by descent.
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