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LOT 1246
Achaemenid Bronze Flower Finial Collection
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
2 1/2 - 6 3/4 in. (687 grams total, 62-175 mm).
Including two small buds with ferrous spikes and two larger blooms with square-section mounting pins. [4]
Provenance
Acquired on the European art market, 1990s.
English private collection.
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