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Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,750
3RD CENTURY B.C.
20 1/4 in. (20.15 kg total, 51.5 cm including stand).
Carved in the round with flat angled panel to upper and rear of head; stern female features with deep-set eyes and small pursed lips; centre-parted hair dressed in a chignon; each earlobe drilled to accept an earring; some restoration; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
with Sakae Art Gallery, Japan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above June 1981.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12658-235196.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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