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LOT 0896
Western Asiatic Plaque with Seated Figure
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (123 grams, 10 cm).
A clay plaque fragment displaying a stylised incised tree of life and a figure seated right, depicted with pinched head, recessed eye and outstretched arms.
Provenance
Acquired early 1990s.
Ex private American collection; thence by descent.
Private collection since 1998.
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