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LOT 1051
Western Asiatic Bronze Plaque Idol
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 5/8 in. (22 grams total, 11.7 cm including stand).
Sheet-bronze figure with large discoid head stubby arms, triangular phallus; 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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