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LOT 0266
Persian Terracotta Votive Group
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
6 7/8 in. (830 grams, 17.6 cm).
Depicting seven worshippers standing around the edge of a circular platform, facing inwards towards a smaller central figure, some with outstretched arms, others holding offerings, repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrench private collection, Paris, formed between the 1960s-1980s.
Acquired Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.61.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
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