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LOT 1199

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

SOUTH ARABIAN TERRACOTTA FACE STELE
MID-LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
13 5/8 in. (1.82 kg, 34.5 cm).

Rectangular in profile and plano-convex in section with applied triangular nose and pinched eyes; part of socket to reverse at lower end. [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.

CONDITION
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