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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]
ProvenanceFrom 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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