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LOT 0199
Nabataean Redware Dish with Painted Foliage
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (106 grams, 15 cm wide).
Squat dish with conical profile, low flange rim with carination; finely detailed painted foliage and reticulation to the inner face; very rare.
ProvenanceFrom the important family collection of the late M.N., pre 1992.
LiteratureSee Hammond, P.C., A Classification of Nabataean Fine Ware in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol.66, no.2, for discussion.
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