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LOT 1020
Western Asiatic Bronze Gryphon Statuette
MID 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 7/8 in. (215 grams, 12.5 cm).
With beaked face, curled mane to the arched neck, slender body with small wings to the shoulders and extended hind legs with tail between.
ProvenanceLondon collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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