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LOT 1021
Western Asiatic Bronze Mount
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.27 grams, 23 mm).
Square in plan with tiered profile, central rosette in a wreath with radiating leaves; two loops to reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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