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LOT 1309
Luristan Bronze Amulet of a Goat
1000-700 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (13.6 grams, 37 mm).
Standing modelled in the round with head erect, curved horns, loop to shoulder.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Mr. A.A., London, acquired in the 1970s.
with Bonhams, London, 8 May 2013, no.229 (Part).
Cf. Engel, N. et al., Bronzes du Luristan: Énigmes de l'Itan Ancien IIIe-Ier millénaire av.J-C., Paris, 2008, item 103, for type.
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