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LOT 1154
Western Asiatic Bronze Butting Bulls Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 in. (57 grams total, 55 mm wide including stand).
Formed as two opposed bovines on a single narrow rectangular base; placed head-to-head with prominent horns locked; 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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