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LOT 0558
Archaic Greek Bronze Bird Statuette
CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
2 in. (79 grams total, 52 mm including stand).
One a trapezoidal panel with tail integral to the rear and two openwork legs to the forward edge, small triangular wings and erect head with hooked beak; old collector's label to base 'Bronze Age Idol 700 B.C. / Ex Sylvester Ekaterura / Netherlands'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Sylvester Ekaterura, Netherlands.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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