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LOT 1485
Amlash Bronze Figural Pendant
CIRCA 10TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (74 grams, 97 mm).
Fertility figure with openwork decoration, loop arms suspending pendants formed as slender figurative horned animals; suspension loop to reverse and cage-style torso. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
Literature
See The Virtual Museum of Iran Art, 'bronze openwork statue of a fertility Idol, ca 1000 BC', for a comparable figure.
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