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LOT 1986
Figural Stone Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 5 1/4 in. (1.09 kg total, 5-13.3 cm).
Including a crouching female carved in the round and a head with drilled eyes mounted on a ceramic base. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
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