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LOT 0245
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(?).
ProvenanceGerman 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.
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