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LOT 1045

Sumerian Stone Bull Amulet

3RD MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

2 in. (21.56 grams, 49 mm).

Carved in the half-round, a bull with the legs folded beneath the body and head turned backwards. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
From the collection of a London antiquarian.

CONDITION

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LOT 1045

Sumerian Stone Bull Amulet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £624

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