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Lot 147

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A Bactrian composite stone seated female figure
Circa late 3rd - early 2nd Millennium B.C.
The body and hair made of chlorite, wearing the typical woven heavy cloak, the separately made white stone head set into the recess on its neck, with large carved almond-shaped eyes and small round ears, 3¼in (8.5cm) high

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Provenance:
With Bijan Antiques, Santa Monica, California, in 1999.
American private collection, formed in the 1970s.

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