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LOT 1119
Luristan Bronze Implement Collection
BRONZE AGE, 13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 - 4 in. (47 grams total, 8.5-12.5 cm).
Including a net-needle with pierced centre and ball finial, applicator with bull's head finial, dress-pin with scrolled finial and other items. [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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