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LOT 0638
Greek and Other Pottery Sherd Group
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 5/8 - 8 in. (1.5 kg total, 4-20.5 cm).
Including chalice, amphora and other fragments. [20, 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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