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LOT 0245

Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,680

WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE BOWL WITH DANCING FIGURES
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (121 grams, 15.2 cm wide).

Hemispherical in profile with stepped inner rim above a repoussé frieze of horned monsters each wearing a kilt and linking hands with his neighbours; below, a bilinear band enclosing a bull-headed figure sitting with legs crossed on a rectangular mat(?).

PROVENANCE:
German private collection, 1990s.
with Bonhams, London, 3 October 2000, no.338.
Private collection, Europe.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12879-241694.
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.

CONDITION
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