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LOT 1005
Proto Elamite Bowl with Seated Lions
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (317 grams, 10.2 cm wide).
A conical bowl with D-section wall and shallow discoid foot, ornamented with a procession of three lions seated right in relief around the shoulder; remains of lug handle.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
Cf. Müller-Karpe, M., Metallgefässe im Iraq I (Von den Anfängen bis zur Akkad-Zeit), Stuttgart, 1993, p.86 ss. (forme 11, I), pp.235-237, no.1588, pl.142.; cf. Van Ess, M. and Pedde, F., Uruk, Kleinfunde II, Mainz on Rhine, 1992, p.18, no.109, pl.19.
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LOT 1005
Proto Elamite Bowl with Seated Lions
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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