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LOT 0647
Parthian Terracotta Horse and Rider Statue
3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C.
5 in. (153 grams, 12.5 cm).
Figure of a horseman with carefully modelled facial features, stylised body and horse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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