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LOT 0254

Old Babylonian Bronze Standing Worshipper

EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

2 3/4 in. (163 grams, 70 mm).

Hollow-formed with flared robe, arms raised and bent revealing bell-shaped sleeves, small breasts, squat head with lentoid eyes and band of hair to rear.

Provenance

Acquired before 1983.
Ex London gallery, 1990s.
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 0254

Old Babylonian Bronze Standing Worshipper

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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