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LOT 1315
Luristan Bronze Zoomorphic Finial
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
3 3/4 in. (72 grams, 94 mm).
Formed as a bird with heater-shaped wings perched on a branch with coiled lateral tendrils and triangular panels. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London, UK, art market, pre 1992.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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