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LOT 1527
Bronze Age Ceramic Vessel
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 1200-800 B.C.
5 1/2 in. (450 grams, 14 cm wide).
Squat jar with burnished surface, low rim to the neck. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
Ex Clare Morris, UK, 2012.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Clare Morris.
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