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LOT 1778
Limestone Statue of Saint Peter
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 3/8 in. (668 grams, 21.3 cm).
Modelled in the round standing erect in floor-length robe and holding an oversized key in his right hand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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