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LOT 0496
Phoenician-Iberian Stone Head of a Lady
CIRCA 600 B.C. OR LATER
6 3/4 in. (857 grams total, 17 cm high including stand).
Carved in the round with hatched hair and low-relief facial features; 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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