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LOT 1396
Achaemenid Silver Dish
CIRCA 500-400 B.C.
8 1/4 in. (396 grams, 21 cm wide).
Shallow with thickened rim; encrustations to the outer face.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private Swiss collection since 1998.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11631-199032.
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