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LOT 2202
South East Asian Terracotta Head
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
8 1/4 in. (2.86 kg, 21 cm).
With deep blue pigment to the tight curled hair, heavily lidded eyes, small mouth. [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.
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