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LOT 1899
Pre-Columbian Style Pottery Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 in. (896 grams, 16.5 cm).
Hollow-formed grotesque figure with hatched an pointillé panels to the surface. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired between the 1960s-early 1990s.
From an old UK private collector from Worthing, West Sussex, UK.
Property of K.P., a Cornish lady collector, UK.
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