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Western Asiatic Basalt Mortar with Linear Decoration

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Western Asiatic Basalt Mortar with Linear Decoration

Item Details

Description

1st millennium B.C. Tubular with slightly flared profile, rounded rim, five circumferential ribs above the equator. 3.6 kg, 20 cm wide (7 7/8 in.).

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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