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LOT 0264
Amorite Terracotta Animal
2000-1700 B.C.
2 7/8 in. (93 grams, 72 mm).
Modelled in the round standing quadruped with pinched detailing, pierced at jaw to accept reins, hollow-formed canopy to the rear body.
Provenance
Ex E. Boustros collection, 1970s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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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