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LOT 0307
Anatolian Gold Idol
4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 3/8 in. (2.79 grams, 35 mm).
Sheet gold ring with repoussé annulet and band of pellets, T-shaped suspension.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
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.12424-226930.
Cf. for similar idols in clay, Bilgi, Ö., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia before the Classical Age, Istanbul, 2014, figs. 792-800; for metallic idols cf. Zimmermann, T., ‘Anatolia and the Balkans, once again, ring-shaped idols from Western Asia and a critical reassessment of some ‘Early Bronze Age items from Ikiztepe, Turkey’ in Oxford Journal of Archaeology, January, 2007, pp.25-32.
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LOT 0307
Anatolian Gold Idol
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £400
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