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LOT 0274
Western Asiatic Gold Bull-Headed Pendants
7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
1 in. (5.39 grams total, 23-24 mm).
Matched pair of hollow-formed gold pendants, each a bull's head modelled in the round with rosette to the rear and hoop. [2]
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
with Taisei Gallery, Gold & Silver Auction, Part II, Ancient to Renaissance, 5 November 1992, The Conrad Salon, The Waldorf-Astoria, New York, lot 165.
From an important North West London collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11969-210472.
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LOT 0274
Western Asiatic Gold Bull-Headed Pendants
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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