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LOT 1985
Bronze Rider Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/4 in. (2.71 kg total, 31 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round with legs straddling a saddle, layered armour over a tunic with left bell-sleeve, riding boots; the head clean-shaven and bare with collar-length hair; left hand extended to grip reins and right hand raised to wield a spear; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
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