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LOT 1971
Detailed Stone Phallus
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 3/4 in. (1 kg total, 17 cm wide including stand).
Lentoid in section with incised scrolled tendril ornament; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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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