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LOT 1238
Seljuk Glazed Bowl with Fine Iridescence
12TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (303 grams, 18.4 cm).
Shallow with flat everted rim and raised low foot; turquoise glaze with black foliage and geometric decoration, fine iridescence; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
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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