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LOT 2065
Mounted Marble Torso
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 3/4 in. (165 grams total, 14.5 cm high including stand).
Carved in the round as a standing nude female; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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LOT 2065
Mounted Marble Torso
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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The timber shows some old insect flight holes and we are advised that this piece has been recently treated with Permthrin, as a precaution.
Ex Cy Lester, an antiquarian bookseller, London, UK, circa 1990. Ex central London gallery.
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