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LOT 1101
Western Asiatic Terracotta Votive Idol Group
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 1/8 - 4 5/8 in. (210 grams total, 10.5-11.8 cm including stand).
Comprising: columnar figure with arms raised; similar with stub arms and applied mouth and ears; tabular figure with hands held before the chest gripping a disc, perhaps a patera; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. [3, 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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