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LOT 1331
Bactrian Style Alabaster Chalice
20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 5/8 in. (2.4 kg, 27 cm high).
With squat, bell-shaped bowl, everted rim and tapering cylindrical stem. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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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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Syro-Hittite Bronze Female Idol
2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Modelled in the round standing figure with pinched facial features, transverse collar, applied breasts, arms bent forward, legs close together. 17.7 grams, 83 mm
Private collection of Mr S.A., Switzerland, 1990s, thence by descent.
The Syro-Hittite states rose to prominence in northern Syria and southern Anatolia (modern Turkey) following the collapse of the Hittite Empire, during which time many such figures were produced and widely distributed for domestic use. Such figures, later pejoratively referred to as 'idols', depicted deities often carrying or standing with animals. The present figure's arms are positioned as if holding a lamb or other small animal. -
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