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LOT 2053
Archaic Greek Style Terracotta Bust of a Man
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5 1/8 in. (376 grams total, 13 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with rugged features, recessed eyes, long ears; after the antique; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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