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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]

Provenance

Found Norfolk, UK.
Ex Clare Morris, UK, 2012.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Clare Morris.

CONDITION

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LOT 1527

Bronze Age Ceramic Vessel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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