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LOT 0185

Elamite Silver Staff Terminal with Interlaced Dragons

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

7 7/8 in. (45 grams total, 20 cm including stand).

Hollow-formed with bulb finial, low-relief image of opposed dragons with detailed scale texture; circumferential band with incised guilloche below; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

London, UK gallery, 1971-early 2000s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11966-210624.
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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LOT 0185

Elamite Silver Staff Terminal with Interlaced Dragons

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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