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LOT 1265
Western Asiatic Gilt Bronze Sheet with Chariots
3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 1/2 in. (24 grams, 14.1 cm).
Ellipsoid in plan with a hunting scene of multiple stamped images of wheeled chariots pulled by goats, radiate-headed charioteers with recurved bows, and other motifs and legend 'BAC....A....'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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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