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LOT 0234

Estimate
GBP (£) 600 - 800
EUR (€) 690 - 930
USD ($) 800 - 1,070

AMORITE TERRACOTTA SADDLED ANIMAL
1800-1600 B.C.
3 1/4 in. (88 grams, 85 mm).

Modelled in the round with halter to the chest, strap to the brow and saddle with two lateral containers and straps.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
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.

CONDITION
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