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LOT 2089
Indus Valley Terracotta Monkey Statuette Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
3 3/8 - 3 3/4 in. (231 grams total, 86-97 mm).
In various poses with legs and tail forming a tripod base. [3, 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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