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LOT 0565
Cypriot Terracotta Head of a Warrior
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/8 in. (95 grams total, 87 mm including stand).
With conical helmet bearing vertical lines of impressed points (representing rivets), applied square-cut beard and domed eyes; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Sotheby's 2003-2005.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. warrior figure group in the British Museum under accession no.1866,0101.298-299.
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