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LOT 2152
Bactrian Style Stone Phallic Amulet
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
3 in. (103 grams total, 75 mm).
Carved hardstone amulet comprising a phallus developing to a male head with flange ears, incised scaphoid eyes, broad slit mouth; after the antique. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 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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