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LOT 1310
Luristan Bronze Twisted Arm Ring
17TH-13TH CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (334 grams, 10 cm).
Formed as two bronze rods twisted about their own axis and looped at the ends, knotted forming the centrepiece. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
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