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LOT 2344
Khmer Style Sandstone Head of the God Shiva
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 IN. (11.65 kg, 26.5 cm).
Carved in the round with piled ushnisha top-knot and long pendulous earlobes. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.
From the Dr Ince collection, N.W. London, 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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