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LOT 0386
Medieval Head of a King From a Ridge Tile Terminus
ENGLAND, LATE 13TH-EARLY 14TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (497 grams total, 17.3 cm including stand).
Hollow-formed with exaggerated facial features, crown above and hanks of hair to each side; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Pierre-Richard Royer, Paris, France, 2015.
Ex central London gallery.
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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