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LOT 0244

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GBP (£) 1,500 - 2,000
EUR (€) 1,800 - 2,400
USD ($) 1,910 - 2,550

Current bid: £1,400 (+bp*)
(3 Bids, Reserve met)

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(3 Bids, Reserve met)   |   Current bid: £1,400
ELAMITE BRONZE BULL STATUETTE
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 in. (215 grams, 10.5 cm).

Modelled in the round as a zebu standing on all four legs with dewlap and crescent horns.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, London, UK; formed 1970s-1980s.
From a private collection of an Exeter gentleman since 2015.

LITERATURE:
See Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, for discussion.

CONDITION