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LOT 0875
Western Asiatic Tall Ceramic Vessel
12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (720 grams, 26 cm).
Unglazed with biconvex body, slightly flared foot, ribbed shoulder and tubular neck; bands of irregular scratch detailing to neck and shoulder; hole to base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market in the 1990s.
Ex property of a Suffolk collector.
Literature
See Lane, A., Early Islamic Pottery: Mesopotamia, Egypt & Persia, London, 1947, for discussion.
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