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LOT 0253
Proto-Elamite Silver Bovine Head Mounts
EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 in. (22.5 grams total, 18-20 mm).
A pair of mounts formed as a bull and a cow with incised details to the face; bull with beard and hair detail, cow with curved attachment hook to the top. [2]
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London, UK.
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 0253
Proto-Elamite Silver Bovine Head Mounts
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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