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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.
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