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Lot 6

A small Amlash terracotta steatophygous figure

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,500

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A small Amlash terracotta steatophygous figure
Circa early 1st Millennium B.C.
The spherical face surmounted by a pointed headdress, with pierced ears, the body with short extended arms and rounded buttocks, standing on broad conjoined legs, 7cm high

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Provenance:
with Charles Ede Limited, London.
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired from the above in January 1971.

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