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LOT 2417
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Cup with Panther Face
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM A.D.
3 5/8 in. (140 grams, 92 mm).
Globular in profile with slightly flared mouth loop handle, six radiating spurs below the shoulder and discoid boss with incised feline face detailing. [No Reserve]
Provenance
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.
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