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LOT 0444
Egyptian Coptic Wood Female Figure
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 in. (72 grams, 19.5 cm).
Carved in the round, standing and with a bobbed hairstyle with ribbed bands and crest, extended hands covering stomach and pudenda; on a rectangular base; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no. OA+.14107.
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