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LOT 0963
Bactrian Stone Pillar Idol
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
8 5/8 in. (3.12 kg, 22.1 cm).
Composed of a waisted cylindrical body with flared head and shallow channels bisecting top and base. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection of Maurice Braham, UK.
Acquired from Maurice Braham in 2002.
Ex central London gallery.
Literature
Cf. Pottier, M. H., Matériel funéraire de la Bactriane méridonale de L' Age du Bronze, Mémoire, Editions Recherche sur les Civilisations, 36, p.16, pl.V, nos.34-5, for two similar lingams called 'masses d'arme', and p.43, pl.XXXV, nos.292-3, for similar yoni; also, Schmidt, E. F., Tepe Hissar Excavations, 1931; The Museum Journal, XXIII, no.4, 1933, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pl.CXXXVI.
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