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LOT 1232
Neo-Elamite Silver Brooch Pair
CIRCA 700 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (20.4 grams total, 33-34 mm).
A group of two arm-and-hand brooches each with ribbed collars to the shank and the catchplate formed as a stylised hand. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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