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LOT 1983
Large Chinese Style Red Stone Phallus
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
10 3/4 in. (1.32 kg, 27.5 cm).
Carved in the round with incised legend to the sides and upper face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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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