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LOT 2065
Large Syro-Hittite Style Terracotta Standing Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
7 7/8 in. (181 grams, 20 cm).
Modelled in the round, standing, facing, each with pronounced facial features and hairdo. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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