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Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,240
8TH CENTURY B.C.
6 3/4 in. (501 grams, 17 cm long).
Modelled in the round with bands of hatched texture to the back, rump and horns, pierced lug muzzle, incised detailing.
PROVENANCE:
UK private collection, 1994.
European private collection.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.N125e38 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12656-234662.
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.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Hornbostel, W. and Mitarbeiter, Kunst de Antique, Schatz aus Noddeutschem Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue, Hamburg, 1977, no.188.
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