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LOT 1120
Achaemenid Bronze Dish
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 7/8 in. (84 grams, 12.4 cm).
Wide with carinated shoulder and everted rim, low foot. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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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