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LOT 1448
Syro-Hittite Bronze Male Idol
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (46.8 grams, 99 mm).
Round-section body with pinched facial detailing, right arm raised and bent, left hand on hip above the genitals. [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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