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LOT 2432
Ordos Bronze Deer Statue
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (57.2 grams, 82 mm high).
Hollow-formed with folded legs to each side of the body, tall neck with pricked ears and open mouth.
ProvenanceEx Shinya Tagava, Honcho, Tokyo, Japan, pre-1986.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 2432
Ordos Bronze Deer Statue
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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