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… coming from a large building which is, at least in part, a sanctuary. I will report the discovery with more detail in my C R to the Académie. Please return the photo to me with your comment.
Extraordinarily interesting in my opinion for the history of this obscure period of the XIII - XIIth c. and the origin of Greek art.
Height with horns a little less than 50 cm.
Respectful regards and affectionately to you, dear Maître,
Yours devotedly
C F A Schaeffer
[margin left: P. S. If someone had brought you this statue to the Louvre on behalf of an antique dealer, would you not have thought of the possibility of a forgery!. Personally, I would have hesitated. The head is frankly suspicious!... ]
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| MINISTRY | LIBERTY · EQUALITY · FRATERNITY |
| OF | FRENCH REPUBLIC |
| FOREIGN AFFAIRS | |
| GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF | PARIS, 29 July 1948. |
| CULTURAL RELATIONS | |
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| General Directorate of | |
| Excavations | |
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65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain