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LOT 0059
Minoan Bronze Votary Statue
CIRCA 3000–1100 B.C.
8 3/4 in. (447 grams total, 22.4 cm high including stand).
The figure standing on a small discoid base, wearing a short kilt, with broad chest and slender waist; the left arm bent across the chest and the right arm raised to the forehead in an act of worship; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
British private collection, acquired by 2000.
Accompanied by a copy of an old photograph showing this item on display in a display cabinet within the previous collectors home.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11950-210856.
Literature
Cf. similar in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York under accession no. 1972.118.45.
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