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LOT 2446
Bronze Head of Buddha
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (1 kg total, 15 cm high including stand).
Hollow-formed with tightly curled hair and urna to the brow; supplied with a display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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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