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LOT 2030
Chinese Painted Stone Head
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
17 1/2 in. (7 kg total, 44.5 cm including stand).
Carved bust with dressed hair beneath a lobed diadem with foliage detailing, serene face with eyes closed, urna to the brow; yellow, green, red and other pigment; mounted on a sturdy wooden stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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