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LOT 0939
Western Asiatic Chalcedony Bull Amulet
CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/4 in. (12.7 grams, 32 mm).
Carved figure of a recumbent bull with headed turned, drilled eyes, legs folded beneath the body; drilled at the midriff and shoulders for use as a bead. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. A Peaceable Kingdom/ The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals, Christie's London, 2004, item 170, for a later example.
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