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LOT 1354
Elamite Bronze Head Mount
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (225 grams, 73 mm).
A vessel mount formed as humanoid face with long raised nose, oval eyes and animal ears(?). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex property of a North London lady; gifted from her father's collection; formerly with a Mayfair gallery, London, UK; previously acquired in the 1980s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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.
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