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LOT 1586
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Bull
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (41.2 grams, 69 mm).
Modelled in the round with pinched limbs and dorsal ridge; applied pellet eyes; with old collector's record card. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from John L.Homan, Lincolnshire, UK, 1990s.
Accompanied by an old original handwritten information card.
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LOT 1586
Syro-Hittite Terracotta Bull
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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