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Lot Essay
Cf. Chaffin, A. and E., L'Art Kota, les figures de reliquaire, Meudon, 1980, p.123, fig.41, for a very similar figure in the British Museum and p.127, fig.43, for another in the collection of Max Itzikovitz.
According to the authors' classification this Kota falls into group 6, a group of medium-sized figures considered by the authors to be one of the oldest and most beautiful groups.
According to the authors' classification this Kota falls into group 6, a group of medium-sized figures considered by the authors to be one of the oldest and most beautiful groups.