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LOT 0950
Sassanian Highly-Tinned Boat-Shaped Vessel
CIRCA 5TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (212 grams, 20.5 cm wide).
Produced using high-tinned bronze; featuring a rounded base and raised from a single sheet of precious metal; cracked.
Provenancewith a London, UK gallery 1971-early 2000s.
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