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LOT 1188

Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER

1 1/4 in. (43.9 grams total, 32-65 mm).

Including a dress pin with ram-head finial, an axe-head and other items. [4, 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.

CONDITION

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LOT 1188

Western Asiatic Bronze Artefact Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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