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LOT 1206
Western Asiatic Stone Ball with High-Relief Animals
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 in. (178 grams, 53 mm).
Reserved animal shapes - hare, fox and hound, on an irregular ball, perhaps part of a game. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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