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LOT 1098
Western Asiatic Alabaster Bowl
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
6 1/4 in. (1.03 kg, 16 cm wide).
Squat in profile with rounded underside, gently curved rim. [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.
Cf. similar item of much earlier date in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.1985.356.15.
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