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LOT 0262
Sumerian Alabaster Plaque with Seated Man
CIRCA 2800-2600 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (108 grams, 94 mm).
Rectangular fragment with border to right and bottom edges; scene with reserved figure in profile sitting on a framed chair wearing a flounced garment and taking or holding a drinking horn in one hand, the other resting on his leg.
Provenance
Private collection, Contessa L.J., since the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, 2001.
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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