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LOT 1273
Luristan Bronze Cloak Pin
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
8 7/8 in. (60 grams total, 22.5 cm).
With tapering round-section shank, stepped profile to the upper section and biconvex bulb; divergent antenna arms above. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a 1990s German collection.
Ex London, UK, gallery.
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