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LOT 1159

Mesopotamian Blue Agate Frog Amulet

2ND MILLENIUM B.C.

1 1/8 in. (11 grams, 28 mm).

Carved in the round as a squatting frog with lightly incised facial detailing, raised middorsal detailing.

Provenance

Ex Marc Labarbe, Toulouse, no.735, November 2007.
with Galerie Rhéa, Zurich, Switzerland.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12748-236395.
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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LOT 1159

Mesopotamian Blue Agate Frog Amulet

Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)

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