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LOT 0528
Cypriot Terracotta Male Idol
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 1/4 in. (387 grams total, 23.5 cm including stand).
Columnar figure with tall headdress and applied facial features; robe with floor-length sleeves (one partly absent); mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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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