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LOT 1296
Phoenician Bronze Figure
EARLY 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (61.3 grams, 76 mm).
Modelled in the half-round, female in upright pose supporting her breasts in her hands.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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