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LOT 2135
Egyptian Style Cat on Wooden Base
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 in. (1.25 kg total, 20.5 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round in alert pose with gold coloured loop in each ear; bronze or composition on a polished wooden base; after the antique. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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