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LOT 2273
Chinese Ming Style Terracotta Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (490 grams, 22.5 cm).
Hollow-formed and modelled in the round wearing long flowing robes, holding a lunate bowl in his cupped hands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 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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