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LOT 0058
Cypriot Limestone Head
IRON AGE, 600-400 B.C.
8 7/8 in. (3.2 kg, 22.5 cm).
Carved in the half-round with nemes 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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