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Western Asiatic Carved Basalt Mortar
Western Asiatic Carved Basalt Mortar
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Description
1st millennium B.C. With slightly flared base and rim, raised horizontal ridge to the outer face. 2.93 kg, 13.5 cm (5 1/4 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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Western Asiatic Carved Basalt Mortar

Estimate £200 - £300
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