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LOT 1568
Stone Age Tripod-Legged Animal Offering Dish
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (495 grams, 16 cm wide).
Squat dish with three stub feet, handle formed as a canine head and neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Air Mountain, Niger, Sahara.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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LOT 1568
Stone Age Tripod-Legged Animal Offering Dish
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
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Neolithic Period, 3500-2000 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising ovate scrapers, flint points, burins and other types, some with cortex remaining. 613 grams total, 4.1-10.3 cm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
