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LOT 1548
Post Medieval Ornate Ceramic Statue Base
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/8 in. (1.6 kg, 13 cm high).
Hollow formed with rectangular body, the front modelled with volute scrolls enclosing a rounded face, possibly depicting a putto.
ProvenanceAcquired 1950s-1960s.
Private UK collection of Joseph Duncan Steel, Southampton, UK.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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