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LOT 1375
Sumerian Stone Pyxis in Veined Black and White Stone
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (238 grams, 70 mm).
Comprising a hemispherical body with broad flat shoulder and low rim.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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