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LOT 1457
Egyptian Revival Ceramic Sculpture
20TH CENTURY A.D.
18 1/4 in. (3.8 kg, 46.3 cm high).
A hollow-formed decorative composition figurine based on the figure of Sobekhotep V in the Neues Museum, Berlin under accession no. ÄM 10645; with museum stamp inside the base; after the antique. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
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