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LOT 1348
Achaemenid Bronze Cup
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (80 grams, 77 mm).
Bulbous body and carinated shoulder extending to a cylindrical mouth.
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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