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LOT 1257
Amlash Bronze Mother and Child Figure
MID 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 5/8 in. (2 7/8 in.) (28 grams, 66 mm (39 grams total, 73 mm including stand)).
Formed as a standing figure cradling an infant, stylised facial and anatomical detailing; suspension loop to reverse; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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