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LOT 1335
Western Asiatic Bone Twin-Headed Amulet
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
1 1/4 in. (8.3 grams, 33 mm).
Rectangular pendant with hatched and cross-hatched panels to the body, median piercing, two feline heads with sockets for the eyes, ears and nose, to accept coloured inserts. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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