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LOT 1374
Western Asiatic Stone Beaker
WARKA CULTURE, 4000-3100 B.C.
2 1/2 in. (132 grams, 66 mm wide).
With narrow base, conical body and rounded rim.
ProvenancePrivate collection, assembled in the 1950s-1970s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Perkins, A.L., The Comparative Archaeology of Early Mesopotamia, Chicago, 1957 (1964), fig.18, no.1, for a similar beaker in stone.
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LOT 1374
Western Asiatic Stone Beaker
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£60 (EUR 70; USD 81) ‡+BP*
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