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LOT 2002
Marble Head of a Bearded Man
20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 in. (2.05 kg, 15.3 cm).
Carved in the round with deeply undercut curls, carinated eyes, aquiline nose and small mouth in a neat beard. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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