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LOT 1266
Western Asiatic Bronze Howling Dog Figure
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (99 grams total, 52 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round with sinuous body, head raised and mouth open; possibly the bridge from a stringed instrument; mounted on a custom-made 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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