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LOT 1126

Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Goat with Stamp Seal Base

CIRCA 1000-600 B.C.

2 in. (73 grams, 49 mm).

Modelled standing on a wheatsheaf-shaped seal matrix, pierced through the body.

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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LOT 1126

Western Asiatic Bronze Figure of a Goat with Stamp Seal Base

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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