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LOT 1077
Luristan Bronze Bowl
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (109 grams, 10.2 cm).
Hemispherical in profile with thin sidewall and circumferential lines below the rim. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a 1990s German collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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