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LOT 0588

Greek Bronze Ram Protome

6TH CENTURY B.C.

(82 grams, 40 mm).

Hollow-formed finial in the form of a ram's head with punched annulet texture detailing.

Provenance

with Herbert A. Cahn, Zurich, Switzerland, 1997.
From a private European collection.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 51.178, for a comparable head.

CONDITION

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LOT 0588

Greek Bronze Ram Protome

Sold for (Inc. bp): £715

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