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LOT 0226
Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Pin Head with Figures
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (49.8 grams, 40 mm).
Drum-shaped in profile with running guilloche to the rim, obverse with low-relief figure of a crouching woman with braided hair, one hand raised; reverse with similar image.
Provenancewith Gallery Rosen Ancient Art, Tel Aviv, 1968.
with a London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.
Accompanied by a copy of the original 1968 invoice.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12406-225341.
See Pottier, M. H., Matérial Funéraire de la Bactriane Méridoniale de l'Âge de Bronze, Paris, 1984, pp.99.
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