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LOT 0928
Nabataean Redware Jug
4TH CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (180 grams, 14.5 cm high).
With gussetted foot, flared neck and mouth, ribbed strap handle to the reverse.
ProvenanceFrom an important collection of Holy Land pottery formed pre 1988, thence by descent.
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LOT 0928
Nabataean Redware Jug
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £600
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Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992. Thence by descent to family members. Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples. -
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Ex Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK. Ex private collection.
