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LOT 1532
Stone Age Cave Drawing of a Giraffe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
14 in. (3.98 kg total, 35.7 cm high including stand).
Dressed stone panel with incised image of a horned animal in profile; mounted on a custom made 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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