Mesopotamian stone vessel
€3,000
available
Object number
AR3455
| Object: |
Mesopotamian stone vessel
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| Material: |
Beige stone.
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| Period: |
Approx. 2nd Millennium BC. Bronze Age of Mesopotamia. |
| Description: |
Spherical vessel with polished outer surface. A cylindrical void was drilled into the inside. The vessel can stand on a slightly flattened base. A short neck runs into a wide discoid lip. It is a heavy and high quality vessel, reminescent of the similar Egyptian stone vessels. |
| Dimensions: |
10.6cm height, 11.6cm diameter.
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| Condition: |
Small chips to the lip, otherwise apart from negligible chips to the body intact. A damage at the base was filled in probably in ancient times. The condition and especially the mostly intact lip is rare and sought after for a vessel of this type.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2022 on the British art market. Previously in US-American private ownership. Acquired at Christie's London auction 7 October 2010, lot 79 (estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 GBP, approximately 2,300 to 3,400 EUR at the time). Previously in a US-American private collection since the 1980ies.
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| Authenticity: |
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