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LOT 1301
Syro-Hittite Bronze Helmetted Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (19 grams, 64 mm).
Modelled as a stylised standing nude figure with elongated body, stylised head with a conical helmet.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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