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LOT 2043
African Style Stone Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
11 in. (3.15 kg, 28 cm).
Carved in the round with hands resting on the hips and legs spread. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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