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LOT 1112
Very Large Transjordan Holy Land Terracotta Bowl
EARLY BRONZE AGE I, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
13 7/8 in. (2.75 kg, 35.1 cm wide).
Large bowl with piriform body and narrow foot, circumferential decorative band below the rim; section of the rim absent. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, Geneva, before 1988.
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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