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LOT 0237
Sumerian Diorite Bowl
4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/2 in. (362 grams, 11.6 cm wide).
Conical in profile with narrow base and rounded rim.
Provenance
Ex 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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