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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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