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LOT 1313
Western Asiatic Bronze Anthropomorphic Idol
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (163 grams total, 92 mm high including stand).
Modelled in the round figure with flared foot, stylised anthropomorphic or theriomorphic figure with amphora and mounting peg to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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