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LOT 1257
Western Asiatic Bronze Sitting Statuette of a Demon
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (77.3 grams total, 76 mm including stand).
Modelled sitting erect with left hand placed flat against his back; triangular head with low-relief eyes and mouth, knop ears and pointed chin; seated with erect penis on a low stool with everted feet; mounted on a custom-made stand. [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.
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