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LOT 2052
Stone Hand Art Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (634 grams total, 9.4-11.4 cm).
Comprising a right hand gripping a cobble, and a right hand enclosing the neck of a serpent. [2, 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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