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LOT 1359
Western Asiatic Ceramic Vessel Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 - 3 1/4 in. (334 grams total, 70-83 mm).
Comprising three small bulbous vessels, one with a loop handle and a narrow foot, and one with ledge handles. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
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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Amlash Terracotta Bull Rhyton
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European private collection, 1983. Ex Anavian Gallery, New York. Private collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate, no.S00019651. Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence analysis report, dated 22 November 1990. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12702-235146. 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.
