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LOT 0908
Western Asiatic Painted Vessel with Zebu
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7 7/8 in. (380 grams, 20 cm high).
A piriform ceramic vessel with short neck and inverted rim, painted with hatched triangles over a frieze of processing zebu bulls with solid circles in the field.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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