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Cypro-Archaic Standing Limestone Male Scribe Cypro-Archaic Standing Limestone Male Scribe Cypro-Archaic Standing Limestone Male Scribe
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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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LOT 0087

Cypro-Archaic Standing Limestone Male Scribe

Sold for (Inc. bp): £780

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