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LOT 1290
Bronze Age Artefact Group
CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 5 in. (213 grams total, 1.4-12.6 cm).
Principally: a variety of chisels and other implements and a votive axehead, together with other items. [13, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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