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LOT 1578
Stone Age Terracotta Mother Goddess Idol
PERHAPS THESSALY, 6TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/8 in. (46 grams, 60 mm).
Modelled in the round with steatopygous profile. [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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