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LOT 2028
Mesopotamian Style Terracotta Mother Goddess Statuette
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 7/8 in. (2.52 kg, 22.5 cm).
Modelled in the round in crouching pose with hands resting on the handstone of a saddle quern; repaired. [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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