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LOT 1597

Bronze Age Terracotta Urn

3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 1/2 in. (307 grams, 11.6 cm).

Squat jar with broad shoulder, rolled rim. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1597

Bronze Age Terracotta Urn

Sold for (Inc. bp): £78

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