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LOT 0541
Mycenaean and Cypriot Pottery Sherd Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1/2 - 8 1/2 in. (7.9 kg total, 1.5-21.5 cm).
Including fragments of ewer and jar, some with painted decoration, partly re-assembled, and other items. [150, 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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