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LOT 1096
Western Asiatic Bronze Handle
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (61 grams, 10.9 cm).
With suspension loop, rectangular-section shank, recurved lower body with ribbed cross-section, acorn finial. [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.
Literature
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 74.51.5468, for similar.
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