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LOT 0266
Anatolian Black Stone Idol
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 in. (156 grams, 10.1 cm).
Carved in the half-round with hatched detailing to the tunic and belt, discoid head with reserved annulet eyes and trapezoidal nose, lateral stub ears.
Provenance
Ex Swiss European collection, 1980s.
Private collection, 1994.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12874-241677.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. for a similar idol Atakuman, Ç., ‘Figurines of the Anatolian Early Bronze Age: The assemblage from Koçumbeli-Ankara’ in Anatolian Studies, 67, Ankara, 2017, pp.85-108, fig.5, lett.e.
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LOT 0266
Anatolian Black Stone Idol
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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