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LOT 1906
Post Medieval Bronze Bull Statuette
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5 1/8 in. (297 grams, 13 cm long).
Standing with head lowered and facing slightly right. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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