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LOT 0235
Western Asiatic Stone Bowl with Locusts
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 1/2 in. (890 grams, 14 cm wide).
Hemispherical mortar with rounded rim and underside, reserved locust motifs carved in high-relief beneath the rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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