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Lot 49*

An Amlash buff and umber burnished pottery hollow ring vessel

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Amlash buff and umber burnished pottery hollow ring vessel
Circa 2nd-1st Millennium B.C.
Of ovoid form set on a flat base with a funnel neck, pierced vestigial handles on either side at the shoulder, 24.7cm high

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Provenance:
Sam Dubiner (1914-1993) collection, Israel, and thence by descent to the present owner.

This lot was featured in the short films 'Danzinger and Amlash' and 'Italy and Iran', part of the series made in the 1970s called The Amlash Connection, written and narrated by Sam Dubiner, filmed and directed by Shlomo Soriano.

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