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LOT 0647
Hellenistic Bronze Sitting Statuette of a Demon
2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (71.5 grams total, 78 mm including stand).
Modelled nude in seated pose with legs astride and right arm bent, the grotesque face slightly raised, horns to the crown; mounted on a custom-made stand; Eastern Greek. [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.
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