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LOT 0842

Sold for (Inc. bp): £676

LURISTAN WHETSTONE WITH BRONZE IBEX HANDLE
13TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
7 in. (147 grams, 17.8 cm).

Roughly cylindrical in shape; the ibex with stylised detailing. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From an old German collection, Cologne, Germany.
From the collection of a North American gentleman.

LITERATURE:
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1988.102.10, for similar.

CONDITION
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