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LOT 1119
Western Asiatic Painted Terracotta Two-Handled Flask
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.06 kg, 22 cm high).
Globular in profile with painted central roundel and concentric geometric rings to each face, loop handles to the shoulders and flared neck; repaired. [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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