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LOT 1613
Stone Age Terracotta Idol
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 7/8 in. (213 grams, 98 mm).
Discoid in plan with indented eyes.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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