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LOT 0258
Phoenician Stone Figure
CIRCA 5TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
9 1/8 in. (2.65 kg, 23.3 cm).
Wedge-shaped in section with figure carved in the half-round to one face, warrior with armoured covering to the shoulders and chest, knee-length tunic. [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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