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LOT 2445
Ordos Gilt Bronze Mount with Bird
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
1 7/8 in. (28.8 grams, 49 mm).
Discoid plaque domed in the middle with holes to the rim for attachment, openwork bird motif.
Provenance
Ex 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 2445
Ordos Gilt Bronze Mount with Bird
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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