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LOT 0818
Western Asiatic Geometric Iron Age Ceramic Chalice
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 in. (780 grams, 20.5 cm wide).
The bowl of hemispherical form with C-section neck and everted rim, ribbed stem and everted foot; the rim, neck and bowl painted with solid lines, dashes and circumferential bands of chevrons, X-motifs and other geometric forms.
ProvenanceEx Rabi Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK.
Ex private collection.
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