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LOT 0597
Syrio-Phoenician Shipwreck Terracotta Birthing Group
IRON AGE II, 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
7 1/8 in. (844 grams, 18 cm wide).
Hollow-formed figurine comprising a nude female with dressed hair on a stool assisting with the birth of a baby from a taller figure; hollow to the underside; marine accretions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an early 1960s collection.
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.
Accompanied by an old handwritten identification tag with provenance.
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