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LOT 0250
Amlash Bronze Mother and Child Amulet
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 in. (29.9 grams, 61 mm).
Figurine with large piriform head, standing nude holding a baby across her chest; with keeled nose and bulbous eyes, exaggerated lentoid mouth; the baby wrapped in covering, with pellet eyes; loop to rear of head.
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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