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LOT 1986
Egyptian Style Basalt Torso of a Pharaoh
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
13 3/4 in. (11.2 kg total, 35 cm high including stand).
Seated and bare-chested, wearing a pleated kilt, arms to the sides and hands resting on the knees; mounted on a wooden display stand.
Provenance
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
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