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LOT 0244

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

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LOT 0244

Elamite Bronze Bull Statuette

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

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