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LOT 1255
Urartian Decorated Silver Dress Pin
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (28 grams, 95 mm).
Tapering body with carinated top and biconvex head, incised herringbone pattern at the top of the shank to prevent slippage. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Accompanied by a dealer's catalogue information card.
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