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LOT 0222
Western Asiatic Steatite Vessel with Lions
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (273 grams, 85 mm).
With frieze of crouching lions in profile, each with sockets to the flanks to accept coloured inserts (absent); chipped rim repaired.
Provenance
with Surena Gallery, 1999.
Private collection, Europe.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate dated 20th April 2004.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12405-226712.
Literature
Cf. Aruz, J. ed., Art Of The First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2003, p.326, for similar.
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LOT 0222
Western Asiatic Steatite Vessel with Lions
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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