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LOT 0579

Etruscan Bronze Artefact Group

CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

2 7/8 - 3 3/8 in. (82 grams total, 74-84 mm).

Comprising: a ring brooch with addorsed horse-heads; crescent mount fragment with eagles' claws. [2, 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.

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LOT 0579

Etruscan Bronze Artefact Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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