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LOT 1230

Holy Land Pottery Cup

BRONZE AGE, 16TH-14TH CENTURY B.C.

4 in. (398 grams, 99 mm).

With rounded bottom and carinated profile, thick rim. [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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1230

Holy Land Pottery Cup

Sold for (Inc. bp): £46

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