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LOT 1188
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram's Head Fitting from a Whetstone
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 1/4 in. (115 grams total, 84 mm including stand).
Comprising a barrel-shaped collar with raised corrugated rim to each end; flat-section curved neck with beast-head finial, incised circular eyes, long curved horns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. similar item forming the finial to a whetstone in the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession no.32.161.13.
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LOT 1188
Western Asiatic Bronze Ram's Head Fitting from a Whetstone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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