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LOT 0545

Mycenaean Terracotta Goddess Figure

CIRCA 13TH CENTURY B.C.

3 5/8 in. (69 grams total, 92 mm including stand).

Standing on a conical foot with rounded upper body, applied disc breasts, impressed necklace, pinched facial features, old label '24' to reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. [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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LOT 0545

Mycenaean Terracotta Goddess Figure

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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