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LOT 1360
Luristan Bronze Bull and Harrow
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/8 - 1 1/2 in. (13.6 grams, 28.6-38 mm).
Comprising a hollow-formed zebu with loop to the shoulders, rectangular harrow. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
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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