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LOT 2004
Post Medieval Bronze Skull Pendant
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (18.5 grams, 26 mm).
With hollow sockets to the eyes, top ends of longbones flanking the mandible. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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