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LOT 2097
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 - 4 1/8 in. (247 grams total, 9.9-10.4 cm including stand).
Group of three simians with exaggerated facial features, each with a stub tail; each mounted on a custom-made display 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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