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LOT 0055
Very Large Red Burnished Ware Cooking Bowl
EARLY BRONZE AGE I-III, CIRCA 2300-2000 B.C.
14 1/2 in. (2 kg, 37 cm wide).
Broad shallow bowl with rounded underside, lateral tab to the rim and pierced ledge handle opposite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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