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LOT 1542
Group of Antiquities and Other Objects
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.-20TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 4 3/4 in. (2 kg total, 1.9-12 cm).
Comprising a Middle Bronze Age Cypriot vessel circa 2000-1600 B.C.; a Bronze Age two-handled vessel from the Holy Land; a votive mirror frame; a bronze statuette of Victory, and other items; some items after the antique. [50+, No Reserve]
ProvenanceThe Cypriot pot ex Leto Severis collection; the fragmentary pot ex Donald Simmonds collection; the bronze of Victory ex Michaelides collection.
with Roseberys, London, 26 October 2021, the majority of no.13.
Accompanied by a copy of the Roseberys catalogue listing.
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