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LOT 0234

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.

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LOT 0234

Amorite Terracotta Saddled Animal

Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)

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