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LOT 0515
Etruscan Terracotta Votive Leg
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
2 3/8 in. (15.2 grams, 60 mm).
With lateral piercing at the knee for attachment or suspension. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cf. life-size votive leg in the British Museum under accession no.1847,1101.8.
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