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LOT 1096
Luristan Bronze Animal Pendant Group
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 - 1 3/8 in. (27.7 grams total, 25-36 mm).
Comprising stylised horse(?) with elongated neck, ram with curved horns and chubby short legs; each with attachment loop to the top. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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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