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Lot 186*

A Hittite bronze head of a god

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,937.50 inc. premium

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A Hittite bronze head of a god
Circa 1800-1400 B.C.
Of hollow form, wearing a cylindrical headdress with two small horns, the face with stylised features, the large oval eyes with prominent rims and high arched eyebrows, straight nose and small mouth, with long columnar neck, 6.2cm high

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Provenance:
Sheldon and Barbara Breitbart collection, Arizona and New York.
The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities and Ancient Glass; Sotheby's, New York, 20 June 1990, lot 114.
with Merrin Gallery, New York.
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above in July 1990.

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