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LOT 1234

Luristan Bronze Votive Oxen Pair with Driver

13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

1 1/2 in. (16.2 grams, 38 mm).

Miniature votive plough-team with two oxen yoked to a plough with ploughman behind. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 1234

Luristan Bronze Votive Oxen Pair with Driver

Sold for (Inc. bp): £182

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