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LOT 0583
Greek Terracotta Zebu Statuette
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
3 1/4 in. (145 grams total, 83 mm wide including stand).
Modelled with the head turned to one side, hump behind the shoulders. rounded rump; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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.
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