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Lot 129

A Near Eastern bronze zebu

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£1,500 - £2,500

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A Near Eastern bronze zebu
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
The zebu or humped bull with flattened muzzle and large oval eyes, with curved upright horns and pronounced dewlap, the elongated body with long slender tail, 9.5cm long, 7.5cm high

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Provenance:
Jones collection, Cambridge, acquired 1971; and thence by descent to 2019.

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