A sculpture by pioneering British artist Henry Moore has sold for ￡400, 000 at auction after a bidding war. The lead sculpture, titled Mother And Child, is considered “ extremely rare ” as it is a material the sculptor used only for a short period in the 1930s during an experimental stage in his career, the auction house said. The piece was expected to sell for between ￡30, 000 and ￡50, 000 but instead a UK private collector bought it over the telephone for eight times the top estimate at Drewea