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LOT 2308
Chinese Han Terracotta Head
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.
4 1/4 in. (478 grams, 10.9 cm).
Hollow-formed with low-relief facial features and flat reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Acquired in the 1980s.
Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
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