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LOT 1376
Western Asiatic Bronze Animal Figure
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (26.8 grams, 52 mm).
Modelled in the round with one foreleg raised. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the 1990s.
Ex Abelita family collection.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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