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LOT 1186

Western Asiatic Single-Handled Flask

12TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.

2 7/8 in. (33.59 grams, 72 mm).

With wheel-cut frieze of animals to the body, traces of pigment remaining.

Provenance

Ex Parisian gallery, France, 1980s.
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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LOT 1186

Western Asiatic Single-Handled Flask

Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)

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