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LOT 0233
Tell Halaf Terracotta Painted Vessel
2900-2500 B.C.
7 in. (712 grams, 18 cm wide).
Biconical in profile with narrow base, broad shoulder and everted flared rim; painted concentric herringbone band to the shoulder and swags beneath.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.12258-222363.
See Abd el-Mesih Baghdo, Lutz Martin, Mirko Novák, Winfried Orthmann, Ausgrabungen auf dem Tell Halaf in Nordost-Syrien. Vorbericht über die erste und zweite Grabungskampagne, Wiesbaden, 2009.
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LOT 0233
Tell Halaf Terracotta Painted Vessel
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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