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LOT 1309
Celtic Iron Age Bronze Cosmetic Grinder Bowl
2ND CENTURY A.D.
2 1/2 in. (23 grams, 64 mm).
Leaf-shaped in plan with a shallow bowl and pierced lug handle. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Bedfordshire, UK, in the 1980s.
Property of a Kempston, UK gentleman.
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