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LOT 1193
Luristan Bronze Dress Pin Collection
BRONZE AGE, 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (62 grams total, 10.8 cm).
Each with tapering profile and clubbed head. [6, 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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