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LOT 0060
Archaic Greek Bronze Attachment with Animal Heads
CIRCA 8TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/4 in. (188 grams total, 11 cm including stand).
Pendant with crescentic body and beast-head finials, vertical upstand with loop finial, three loops beneath with bulbous dangles; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
Ex Rosenson collection, New York, 1990s.
Acquired from Arte Primitivo, New York City, U.S.A., circa 2010.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
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