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LOT 2183
Roman Style Terracotta Goddess Figure
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 in. (111 grams total, 84 mm including stand).
Formed as a seated female with crowned diadem, braided hanks of hair, brooches to the shoulders, frieze of animals to the lower body; after the antique; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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