Proto-Sumerian Alabaster Vessel

CIRCA 3000 B.C.

4 5/8 in. (1.02 kg, 11.7 cm wide).

Jar with slightly tapering cylindrical sidewall, flared rim to the mouth; incised hatched band to the shoulder and four pierced lugs.

Provenance

with Gwain McKinley, London, 1980s.
Acquired from the above, 1993.
Private European collection, thence by family descent.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12125-218132.

Literature

Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1882,0918,A.27.

CONDITION

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