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LOT 0569
Cypriot Terracotta Ram
EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 2500-2000 B.C.
4 3/8 in. (204 grams total, 11 cm wide including stand).
Modelled in the round with fleece texture to the back and rump, applied eyes and horns; mounted on a display base with old collector's labels to the underside: 'Cyprus / Early bronze age, 2250-2000 BC. / Ram, red clay, once attached to the rim of a vessel.' and '2517-14/3'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Professor Karl Lunde collection (1931-2009).
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
With old label to the base.
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