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LOT 1155
Neo-Babylonian Terracotta Mother and Child Figure
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 1/8 in. (144 grams total, 15.5 cm including stand).
Moulded in high-relief; mother standing nude and holding child in her left hand and offering her breast to the child with her right; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired in the UK in the early 1990s.
Ex property of a Guernsey collector.
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