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LOT 1271
Iron Age Enamelled Bronze Votive Vessel
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 1/2 in. (24 grams, 40 mm).
Or a votive jar, tubular with carinated and segmented shoulder, inset panels of red enamel ornament, loop above.
ProvenanceFound near Aylesford, Kent, 1976.
Ex UK collection.
Property of a Portsmouth, UK gentleman.
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