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LOT 0023
Egyptian Terracotta of a Concubine
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1976-1793 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (69 grams, 14.6 cm).
D-shaped in section with tongue-shaped base, slender, long-limbed female figure modelled in the half-round with tightly curled, shoulder length hair, the chest and abdomen with linear and dotted decoration.
Provenance
From an old English deceased estate.
Property of a London, UK, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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