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Lot 655*

TWO BRONZE 'IBEX' ORNAMENTS
Central Asia, 4th century BCE

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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TWO BRONZE 'IBEX' ORNAMENTS

Central Asia, 4th century BCE
Each creature seated with the front legs tucked beneath the hind ones, its large horns fanned out over its back, fitted stands.
4cm (1 5/8in) high (3).

Footnotes

公元前四世紀 青銅羊形飾兩件

Provenance: an American private collection, New York, 1990s
Boisgirard, Paris, March 1996, lot 73
Ariadne Galleries, New York, 1990

Published and Illustrated: T.Pang, Treasures of the Eurasian Steppes: Animal Arts from 800 BC to 200 AD, New York, 1998, p. 42.

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