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LOT 1116
Western Asiatic Terracotta Chalice
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
8 3/8 in. (530 grams, 21.2 cm).
With conical base and stepped stem, broad bowl with carination, two lateral pierced lugs at the equator, holes to the base. [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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