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LOT 0601
Cypriot Terracotta Votive Figure of a Horse
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (95 grams, 10.2 cm wide).
Modelled in the round with elongated neck and applied saddle to the rump; repaired. [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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