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LOT 2197
Post Medieval Bone Figure of Christ
18TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (18 grams, 93 mm).
Corpus Christi carved in the round with exaggerated head, spigots for posable arms, holes to the feet. [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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