Lot no. 430
WESTERN ASIATIC BRONZE PIN WITH RAM-BEARER.
Ca. 900 - 700 BC.
A cast bronze pin with a round-section shaft tapering to one end, while the other terminates in a bust of a ram-bearer. The figure is depicted with an elongated face and simplified facial details, carrying a ram on his back, its body wrapped around his neck and head turned to the left.
Size: 220mm x 45mm; Weight: 100g
Provenance: Property of an Oxfordshire art professional; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK / International art markets.
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