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Diadem Band Fragment with Walking Lion and Rosette
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Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Leo Mildenberg Zurich Switzerland (before 1981). [Christie's (London) A Peaceable Kingdom: The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Ancient Animals Oct. 26 2004 lot 8 sold]; to Arielle and Jerry Brodkey gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2004.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Arielle and Jerry Brodkey (Class of 1955) in memory of Leo Mildenberg
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