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LOT 2074
Archaic Greek Style Bronze Archer Statuette
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.9 grams, 27 mm).
Modelled nude, squatting with left arm extended holding a bow and right arm at the chin in the act of drawing the string; nude except for a crested helmet. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously belonging to J Stewart, Mayfair, London, UK; acquired in the early 1980s.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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