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LOT 2153
South East Asian Stone Funerary Idol
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
5 5/8 in. (1.01 kg, 14.3 cm).
Carved in the round with segmented facial features. hands meeting pn the abdomen, legs bent. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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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