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LOT 0296
Sumerian Jemdet Nasr Type Blue Stone Animal
LATE 4TH-EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/4 in. (71 grams, 58 mm).
D-shaped in section, formed as a zebu with its legs folded beneath the body; five small ibexes to the reverse.
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.
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