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LOT 1250
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram Statuette
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (31.6 grams total, 50 mm including stand).
Modelled in the round with fur texture detailing, large curved horns, small lentoid eyes; 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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