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Lot 253

A Canaanite bronze warrior

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

£800 - £1,200

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A Canaanite bronze warrior
Circa 1500-1200 B.C.
Depicted striding forth, on an integral base, wearing a conical hat and incised belt around his waist, his eyes deeply recessed and once inlaid, his right arm raised, the left extended, 8.3cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, acquired on the UK art market in the 1950s-1960s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 21 April 2005, lot 491.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.

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