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LOT 0604
Phoenician Votive Terracotta Figure
CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.
11 1/4 in. (718 grams, 28.5 cm).
Hollow-formed female votive with diadem to the head, earrings, collar; hands held before the chest; possibly Aphrodite. [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.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.74.51.2464.
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