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LOT 0230

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860

SUMERIAN TERRACOTTA VESSEL
2600-2400 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (322 grams, 12.3 cm).

Squat biconvex jar with short neck and broad flat mouth; shoulder and body decorated with dense array of radiating combed lines, interrupted at the equator by a herringbone-pattern band, '4' shaped herringbone motif to the underside.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12257-222364.

CONDITION