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LOT 1564
Large Egyptian Revival Painted Stone Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 in. (22.2 kg, 41 cm).
A substantial decorative designer bust depicting a male with hair tied at the nape of the neck and wearing the pschent double crown; after the antique. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
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