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LOT 0491
Graeco-Parthian Bronze Mirror with Animals
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
6 1/2 in. (516 grams total, 16.6 cm).
Discoid flat mirror with piriform attachment bracket developing to an addorsed pair of animal heads, equine but with a single curved plume or horn between the ears; mounted on a custom-made stand.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
UK art market.
Ex property of a London gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 0491
Graeco-Parthian Bronze Mirror with Animals
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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