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LOT 1247
Sumerian Faience Face Mount
LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 1/2 in. (11.7 grams, 40 mm).
Slightly curved with wide forehead and large, hollow eyes, incised arched eyebrows and small pouting mouth.
Provenance
From the collection of a late London, UK, gentleman, 1970s.
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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