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LOT 1434
Bactrian Alabaster Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 5/8 in. (1.3 kg, 17 cm high).
Columnar in form with stub arms, indented neck, D-shaped face with ring-and-dot eyes, rounded cap.
ProvenanceEnglish private collection, 1956.
with Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 29 November 2014, no.135 (€5,000-6,000).
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Pierre Bergé & Associés catalogue pages.
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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