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Estimate
GBP (£) 1,500 - 2,000
EUR (€) 1,740 - 2,310
USD ($) 2,010 - 2,680
6TH CENTURY B.C.
8 in. (188 grams, 20.5 cm).
Comprising: rectangular section tapering body with small stub arms, tapering neck, pinched conical spur for the nose, chignon to rear of head and scooped headdress with scrolled finial above; traces of geometric applied decoration to body; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection.
with Sotheby's 11 December 1961, no.121.
with Sotheby's 8 December 1994, no.178.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant 1994 Sotheby's catalogue pages.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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