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LOT 2236
Pre-Columbian Terracotta Head
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 1/2 in. (142 grams, 65 mm).
Modelled with semi-naturalistic facial features and wearing a ribbed headdress or elaborate hairstyle. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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