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LOT 1310
Western Asiatic Alabaster Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
4 3/8 in. (877 grams, 11.3 cm wide).
With slightly domed base and thick sidewall. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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