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    11 December 2003

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    • A SYRIAN CALCITE-ALABASTER ELE
    Lot 106

    A SYRIAN CALCITE-ALABASTER ELEPHANT

    CIRCA 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 3,824

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    A SYRIAN CALCITE-ALABASTER ELEPHANT
    Circa 3rd Millennium B.C.
    Abstract in form, depicted schematically, the trunk extending to the ground, parallel to the wide legs, the trunk perforated, the ears portrayed as spirals on either side of the barrel-shaped head
    3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long

    Provenance

    Acquired by the present owner in London, 1975.

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