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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]

Provenance

UK 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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