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3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A WESTERN ASIATIC CALCITE BOWL
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
On slightly raised foot, with three elongated ridged lug handles, a fourth protruding circular boss with a stylised face design below composed of three dotted circles, the body of the vessel decorated with a band of incised stylized quadrupeds, birds and a human figure with arms raised, dotted circles and stylized tree in the field, horizontal zigzag band above and below, the horizontal rim incised with diagonal lines
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam.
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
On slightly raised foot, with three elongated ridged lug handles, a fourth protruding circular boss with a stylised face design below composed of three dotted circles, the body of the vessel decorated with a band of incised stylized quadrupeds, birds and a human figure with arms raised, dotted circles and stylized tree in the field, horizontal zigzag band above and below, the horizontal rim incised with diagonal lines
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold Sotheby's London, 13-14 December 1982, lot 135.
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