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LOT 2123
Pre-Columbian Inca Artefact Collection
15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/4 - 8 1/4 in. (95 grams total, 4.3-21 cm).
Mixed group including an embroidered textile fragment and a ceramic head from a figurine. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1940s-1950s.
Ex Hiller collection; thence by decent.
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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.
