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LOT 1542
Northern Syrian Bronze Female Figure
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (44.7 grams, 55 mm).
The upper part of a flat-backed female figurine, her arms crossed at the chest and wearing a conical headdress.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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