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LOT 2422

Chinese Ming Style Terracotta Statue Head

20TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/4 in. (60 grams, 94 mm).

Modelled in the round wearing a brimmed cap with short hair, pigment to hair and lips; pierced laterally at the ears. [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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LOT 2422

Chinese Ming Style Terracotta Statue Head

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7

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