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LOT 2008
Mixed Bronze and Terracotta Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
9 1/2 - 18 1/8 in. (2.14 kg total, 24-46 cm).
Comprising: ceramic seated figure with voided mouth; bronze pipe with bell-shaped bowl. [2, 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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