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Lot 46

A pair of Urartian silver animal pins

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £937.50 inc. premium

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A pair of Urartian silver animal pins
Circa 8th-7th Century B.C.
Both with flat terminals in the shape of a goat, with curved horns and short beard, one depicted leaping forward, the other standing, 13.5 and 14.5cm high

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Provenance:
with Farhad Kamyas, New York, 1989.

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