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LOT 1345
Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Bull
CIRCA 1000-600 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (151 grams, 88 mm).
Modelled in a powerful stance with its legs spread, erect head with large curving horns.
Provenance
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), thence by descent.
Ex Galerie Khnoum, Geneva, Switzerland.
Private collection of Mr K.A.
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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