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LOT 1511
Baroque Moulded Putto
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
19 7/8 in. (2.8 kg, 50.5 cm long).
Modelled from wood pulp as a chubby boy in an active pose with rounded facial features, nude except for a folded cloth wrapped around his waist.
ProvenanceProperty of a North Yorkshire, UK, private collector.
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