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LOT 2262
Inuit Stone Animal Carving Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 7 3/4 in. (1.42 kg total, 5.2-19.6 cm).
Comprising: a beluga whale in dark jadeite, old collection label to base and accompanied a certificate; a polar bear in black stone standing on a convex base; a salmon in black stone; and a small seal figurine in black stone. [4, No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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