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LOT 0228

Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Pin Head with Figures

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/2 in. (46.5 grams, 40 mm).

Drum-shaped in profile with running guilloche to the rim, obverse with low-relief figure of a regardant bird with bearded head of a man; reverse with regardant figure of a crouching lion with similar bearded head.

Provenance

with 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.12408-225343.

Literature

See Pottier, M. H., Matérial Funéraire de la Bactriane Méridoniale de l'Âge de Bronze, Paris, 1984, pp.99.

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LOT 0228

Bactrian Lapis Lazuli Pin Head with Figures

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120

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