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LOT 0590
Cypriot Votive Terracotta Bull Statuette
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (291 grams total, 90 mm wide including stand).
Standing on a rectangular base with head erect, painted harness detailing to the head; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1897,0401.957.
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