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LOT 0727
Roman and Later Artefact Collection
1ST-20TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 - 5 3/8 in. (646 grams total, 1.6-13.6 cm).
Including a bifid vessel handle with coiled finial, buckles, belt-plaques; harness fittings, key-wards and other items. [51, 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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