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LOT 1271
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Jar
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 in. (1.41 kg, 23 cm).
Globular in profile with trumpet-shaped neck and mouth, circumferential painted bands and roundels.
Provenance
From the collection of a London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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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