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LOT 1386
Western Asiatic Bronze Standing Figure Mount
16TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (44 grams, 74 mm).
An appliqué of a female standing wearing a decorated knee-length robe, hands on her thighs holding a purse(?), elaborate pierced headdress; hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Belgian collection; previously part of a private collection formed in Germany in the 1990s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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