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LOT 2076
Indus Valley Terracotta Figure Head
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/4 in. (88 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand).
Modelled in the half-round with elaborate hair and rosette ornaments, pinched and applied facial detailing; 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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