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LOT 1299
Syro-Hittite Bronze Figure of a Man
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (15.58 grams, 54 mm).
Modelled in the round as a standing figure with pinched facial features and hollowed-out eyes, arms held out. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
On the UK art market.
Property of a London gentleman.
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