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LOT 0501
Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Seated Figure
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C. OR LATER
3 1/2 in. (173 grams, 90 mm).
Hollow-formed lid of a jar with anthropomorphic figure crouching with left hand on the knee; right hand hollow to form a socket; head absent. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePhillips International Auctioneers & Valuers, Tribal & Antiquities Sale, 25th June 1998, no.15 (part).
Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.
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