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LOT 1158
Western Asiatic Miniature Bronze Pazuzu Head
8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3/4 in. (5.87 grams, 20 mm).
Modelled in the round, head with bulbous headdress and crest; loop absent.
Provenance
Private European collection, early 1990s.
Thence by descent.
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