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BOX - KHUFU IRAQ (FRONT)

Posted by Peter Hoesli on June 4, 2015 at 7:53pm

This box was manufactured in southern Iraq and is depicting a mosque from this part of Iraq. The silver smith has copied the Van design (checked pattern). While it is not as accurate as on the Van box, it somehow fits the overall box very much. The box is high silver and very heavy.

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