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LOT 0640
Cypriot Terracotta Idol Head Collection
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/8 - 4 3/8 in. (353 grams total, 5.5-11.3 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round mainly with pinched facial detailing, mounted on display stands. [5, 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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6th century B.C.-5th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Modelled in the round with wrinkled brow, sloping eyebrows, thick nose and pellet eyes with discoid surrounds, small pouting mouth. 44 grams, 45 mm
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s. Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
