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LOT 1290
Western Asiatic Bronze Pendant with Cross
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (31 grams, 75 mm).
Ellipsoid loop developing to a short shank, biconvex bulb with eight vents and four stub arms, short shank below and lentoid loop with stub arms; possibly a liturgical thurible censer. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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