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LOT 0543
Greek Stone Head of a Caryatid
4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
5 5/8 in. (426 grams total, 14.2 cm including stand).
Modelled in the half-round with D-shaped face and short neck, transverse band of hair above the brow and ribbed panel above, flat-topped; slot to lower rear for attachment; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [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. similar in the British Museum under accession no.1816,0610.128.
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