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LOT 1533

Stone Age Cave Drawing of a Quadruped

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

6 7/8 in. (1.86 kg, 17.5 cm).

Dressed stone panel with incised image of a horned animal in profile. [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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LOT 1533

Stone Age Cave Drawing of a Quadruped

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950

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