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LOT 0087
Cypro-Archaic Standing Limestone Male Scribe
CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
10 5/8 in. (536 grams, 27 cm).
Modelled in the half-round, standing nude male with mantle to the shoulders, clutching a codex in the right hand; with carefully dressed hair and diadem; D-shaped base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired Bonhams, London, UK.
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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