Sale 5505
Paris
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18 December 2007
Price realised
EUR 3,600
Estimate
LARGE BOL CONIQUE AFRASYAB, XEME-XIEME SIECLES En céramique argileuse à décor peint en noir, rouge et vert sur un fond crème, orné d'un disque central meublé de quatre feuilles et d'un large registre de rubans entrelacés, fractures restaurées, repeints, manques sur la bordure Diamètre: 33cm. (13 in.)
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Post Lot Text
A 10TH/11TH CENTURIES AFRASYAB POTTERY BOWL
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