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LOT 2428
South East Asian Stone Funerary Idol
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
4 1/2 in. (670 grams, 11.5 cm).
A rhyolite funerary idol with bulbous head and body, low-relief facial features, arms forming a horizontal band; traces of red pigment. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a South East Asia collector; formerly acquired on the Asian art market before 2000.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See the Gloman Meritt private collection of ancient artefacts from the Philippines for similar.
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