Nabataean White Ground Dish with Painted Foliage

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

5 7/8 in. (117 grams, 15 cm wide).

Squat dish with conical profile, flange rim; finely detailed painted foliage to the inner face; very rare.

Provenance

From the important family collection of the late M.N., pre 1992.

Literature

See Hammond, P.C., A Classification of Nabataean Fine Ware in American Journal of Archaeology, Vol.66, no.2, for discussion.

CONDITION

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