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LOT 0259
Anatolian Kusura Type Marble Idol
EARLY BRONZE AGE II, CIRCA 2700-2100 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (92 grams, 13 cm).
With D-shaped body, tapering shank and disc finial. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrench private collection, formed between the 1960s-1970s.
Acquired from Bonhams, London, 23 October 2012, no.204.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag.
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Opening Bid: £120
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Western Asiatic Terracotta Idol
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
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Hemispherical bowl with two pinched lamps to the rim, inner face with two facing ladders, central rectangular recess with two integral bird figures, two anthropoid females placed against the sidewall; outer face with carinated rim and circumferential bands. 1.38 kg, 22 cm wide
Collected by the previous vendor's father in the early 1970s. Acquired from Bonhams, London, 13 April 2011, no.353. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages and the original Bonhams lot tag.
