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LOT 1269
Sumerian Faience Plaque
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (45 grams, 82 mm).
A composition rectangular plaque bearing figural scene modelled in the half-round of two figures beside a table, a seated figure behind them; pierced twice along one edge.
Provenance
Acquired 1970-1999.
London collection of the late Mr S.M., thence by descent.
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