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LOT 1526
Bronze Age Round-Bottomed Terracotta Jug
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/4 in. (553 grams, 16 cm).
With broad mouth and everted rim, narrow shoulder, rounded underside, spur to the forward edge of the shoulder, strap handle to the rear. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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