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LOT 2364
South East Asian Stone Head
18TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/4 in. (2.65 kg total, 28.5 cm including stand).
Carved in the round with exaggerated ears and lentoid eyes. gusseted mouth and ribbed hair; mounted on a display stand. [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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