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LOT 2085
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 7/8 - 3 3/4 in. (231 grams total, 72-95 mm including stand).
Including female bust with looped handle to the reverse, head with detailed hair and earrings, female with pointillé abdomen and other types; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [5, 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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