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LOT 1352
Syro-Hititte Bronze Idol
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 in. (17.6 grams, 73 mm).
Slender columnar body with bulbous head, right arm extended with spike or dagger in the hand, left arm bent with hand on hip. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Previously the property of an Islington, London, UK, dealer.
From a London, UK, private collector since circa 1990.
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