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LOT 1114
Large Elamite Silver Pendant with Birds
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/8 in. (35 grams, 11 cm).
Sheet-silver triangular plaque formed as a stack of containers with securing ropes, two oppose birds at the shoulder, loop to reverse.
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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 1114
Large Elamite Silver Pendant with Birds
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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