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LOT 0894
Luristan Bronze Votive Animal Group
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 in. (5.09 grams total, 37-40 mm).
Model horses each with splayed legs and a stub to the rump (to accept a rider figure?). [6]
ProvenancePrivate collection formed in the 1990s.
Acquired from a central London gallery.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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