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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Opening Bid: £75
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Western Asiatic Alabaster Dish
Circa 1600 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
A rectangular alabaster dish with classic Middle Bronze Age geometric schemes to the sidewalls and rim. 45 grams, 54mm
Acquired from Harmer Rooke galleries, New York, in 1986. From the collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
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1980s-early 1990s collection, UK.
