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LOT 1992
Medieval Bronze Purse Bar
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (35 grams, 72 mm).
With bulb finials, latticework to one side of rectangular central panel, vertical swivel with oval suspension loop. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Graham Slater (1924-2024) collection, Cambridge, UK; his collection assembled since the 1980s.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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