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LOT 2356
Pre-Columbian Stone Face Mask
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
5 1/8 in. (318 grams, 13 cm).
Carved in three-quarte view with bulging lentoid eyes and gaping mouth, old label to verso: '3708'. [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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