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LOT 1171
Western Asiatic Bronze Bull Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
5 in. (602 grams total, 12.7 cm wide including stand).
Modelled standing with head lowered and mouth open; mounted on a custom-made display 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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