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LOT 1183
Western Asiatic Bronze Scalloped Dagger Pommel
10TH-14TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/8 in. (8.57 grams, 28 mm).
Discoid in plan with radiating cells hollowed to accept enamel; raised centre with reserved calligraphic text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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