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LOT 1056
Medieval Iron Socketted Javelin
CIRCA 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/8 in. (342 grams, 36 cm).
With square-section spike and flaring socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex California, USA, collection formed since the late 1960s.
European art market before the late 1990s.
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