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LOT 0540
Graeco-Persian Bronze Ring Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
7/8 -1 in. (51 grams total, 23-26 mm).
Composed mainly of types with a convex hoop, stepped shoulders and roughly oval-shaped bezel, most displaying an incuse human or animal figure. [10]
Provenance
Ex private collection, 1980s.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
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