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LOT 0890
Western Asiatic Trans Jordan Redware Burnished Jar
CIRCA 3000 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (359 grams, 12 cm high).
A bulbous ceramic jar with flared neck flanked by two integral handles, two strips of raised knops to the body; hole near base of one handle. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s.
From an important deceased family collection by descent.
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