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LOT 2083
Stone Figural Carving
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
6 in. (924 grams, 15.1 cm).
With two crouching figures wearing kilts supporting a disembodied head between them. [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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