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LOT 1244
Western Asiatic Stone Cup
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/4 in. (174 grams, 72 mm wide).
Carved with a broad flat base, gently flared profile, rounded rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, assembled in the 1950s-1970s, thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Sowada, K., Stone Vessels, in Lebeau, M., Artefacts, Brepols, 2018, pp.245-276, fig.2, p.259, for similar.
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