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LOT 1414
Neo-Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet with Man Plucking a Fruit from a Tree
750-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (3.28 grams, 18 mm).
Modelled in the round on a rectangular plaque with incuse image to the underside: figure in ankle-length robe plucking a fruit from a tree.
ProvenanceOld private French collection.
Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015.
Private European collection, acquired in 2015.
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LOT 1414
Neo-Babylonian Faience Frog Amulet with Man Plucking a Fruit from a Tree
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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