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LOT 1567
Stone Age Stone Idol
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (276 grams, 12.1 cm).
Crescentic with domed upper face, drilled eyes and a wide nose.
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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