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LOT 2390
Eastern Mediterranean Style Terracotta Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 1/8 in. (548 grams, 20.6 cm).
Tripod figure with extended neck and dorsal loop; based on a red-polished ware animal-shaped vase (rhyton) of the early Bronze Age era (circa 2,400 B.C.); after the antique. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s.
Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
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