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LOT 1000
Persian Glazed Vase Pair
20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/4 - 11 3/4 in. (1.3 kg total, 28.7-30 cm).
Each with a bulbous body and tall, narrow neck, both showing a scene of a lion chasing deer, flowers and other vegetation on the field, buildings on the neck; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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