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LOT 2085
Thai Green-Glazed Elephant Figurine
14TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
2 7/8 in. (132 grams, 73 mm).
Modelled in the round with grey-green glaze. [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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