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LOT 1275
Sasanian Bronze Bowl
CIRCA 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/8 in. (95 grams, 13.6 cm wide).
Shallow sheet-bronze bowl with sloping walls and flattened base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s-2010.
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Ovoid in plan with a loop to the narrow end, repoussé pellets to the rim, star-and-crescent motifs, and ropework borders. 3.47 grams, 45 mm
Acquired by a Swiss family in the mid-1980s to late 1990s, thence by descent. Private collection, Switzerland, since the late 1990s.
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