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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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