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LOT 0542
Archaic Greek Bronze Figure
CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
3 1/2 in. (68 grams, 78 mm including stand).
Standing nude with arms held straight at the sides, hair braided; probably a kouros monumental fitting; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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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