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LOT 1118
Urartu Bronze Spouted Vessel
10TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
9 5/8 in. (706 grams, 24.5 cm).
With drum-shaped body, broad neck, everted rim; long, deep U-sectioned integral spout; band of incised parallel lines to the shoulder and beneath the spout. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Literature
See Engel, N. & Overlaet, B. et al., Bronzes de Luristan, enigmes de l'Iran Ancien, IIIe-Ier millenaire av.J.C., Paris, 2008, for discussion.
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