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LOT 0561
Cypriot and Other Idol Group
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
2 - 3 5/8 in. (480 grams total, 52-91 mm including stand).
Including a two-headed dog, a crouching female and a kneeling figure with vertical piercing; each mounted on a ceramic base. [3, 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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