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LOT 1210
Phoenician Bronze Figure of Astarte
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (13.8 grams, 54 mm).
With hands raised, wearing a floral headdress and standing on a discoid base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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