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LOT 1184
Luristan Bronze Dress Pin Collection
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/4 - 6 7/8 in. (113 grams total, 16-17.5 cm).
Including mushroom-head type, poppy-head type with piercing, and other types. [5, No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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