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LOT 1396
Luristan Bronze Antelope Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (11 grams, 37mm).
A model antelope or stag with ring-and-dot motif to the shoulders, standing on a narrow square base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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