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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.

CONDITION

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LOT 0908

Western Asiatic Painted Vessel with Zebu

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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