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LOT 0957
Western Asiatic Painted Storage Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 in. (1.07 kg, 18 cm wide).
A carinated ceramic jar with everted rim and convex base, painted frieze to the shoulder displaying alternating pyramids and dot-in-ring motifs, possibly representing a landscape. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s.
English private collection.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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