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LOT 1879
Bronze Statuette Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 - 6 1/2 in. (449 grams total, 11.5 - 16.5 cm).
Comprising: Mercury in active pose; Egyptian-style figure with crossed arms; minotaur with braided collar; rectangular stone base [3, 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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