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LOT 1236
Western Asiatic Mixed Spindle Whorl Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
1 1/8 - 2 1/8 in. (113 grams total, 29-55 mm).
Including plano-onvex, oblate and other types. [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.
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