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LOT 1369
Magical Epigraphic Plaque with Mythical Beast
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (21.5 grams, 95 mm).
Lentoid in plan and curved with two attachment loops to the reverse; low-relief image of a lion with tail arched over the back; solar mask behind and before the beast, another above the lion's back; the whole surface with dense hatching and grids with text. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection, before 1980.
Property of a Stockport, UK, collector.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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