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LOT 1421
Luristan Bronze Animal
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
1 3/4 in. (15.3 grams, 45 mm).
Modelled in the round with pricked ears and long extended tail. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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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