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LOT 2310
Chinese Stone Statue Head
1ST MILLENNIUM A.D. OR LATER
6 1/2 in. (1.9 kg, 16.7 cm).
Carved in the round human head with open mouth and small lentoid eyes, irregular headdress. [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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