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LOT 0595
Phoenician Limestone Standing Goddess Holding a Bird
CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
13 3/8 in. (1.39 kg, 34 cm).
D-shaped plaque, depicting a female wearing a floor-length gown, standing on a rectangular base; left arm bent to support a goose against the body. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From 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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