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LOT 1287
Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet
750-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (3.28 grams, 18 mm).
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree.
Provenance
Old private French collection.
Anonymous Sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015.
Private European collection, acquired in 2015.
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 1287
Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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