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LOT 0567
Greek Terracotta Figure of a Boar
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
4 in. (236 grams, 10.4 cm).
Rounded in form with pinched and impressed facial detailing, ridge to the shoulders and rump, hollow to the underside; remains of a very old label to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of Mr O.S., a late Suffolk, UK, gentleman, who acquired at auction from the 1960s.
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