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LOT 2077
Greek Plaster Cast Collection
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 3 in. (135 grams total, 50-76 mm).
Comprising casts taken from cameos and intaglios featuring labours of Hercules and other subjects, smaller ones numbered. [9, No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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