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LOT 1301
Western Asiatic Terracotta Beast Head
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 7/8 in. (24.6 grams, 47 mm).
With applied eyes and mane, pricked ears, round-section nose; hollow-formed, possibly the spout from a rhyton or pitcher. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Early 1990s, London, Uk, collection.
Acquired on the UK art market.
From a private collection, Lancashire, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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