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LOT 0550
Greek Terracotta Boar Statuette
5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 3/8 in. (98 grams, 87 mm wide).
A terracotta figure or statuette modelled as a standing boar with stylised anatomical detailing including a portly stomach, stub legs, tail held along the ridge of the animal's back, cropped mane and elongated snout.
ProvenanceAcquired before 2000.
From the property of a Suffolk, UK, lady.
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