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LOT 1956
Indus Valley Style Terracotta Bull Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 4 1/8 in. (294 grams total, 85-105 mm).
A group of three zebu bulls, each with painted details. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 156, nos.892 and 906; and 159, no.1513.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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Post Medieval Marble Portrait of the Greek Goddess Hera
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Private collection, England. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13081-249676.
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