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LOT 1428
Canaanite Bronze Figure
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 1/2 in. (18.8 grams total, 65 mm including stand).
A slender bronze figurine of a standing male with lowered arms, piriform head with bulbous eyes and slit mouth; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of a medical professional; formerly part of a collection formed in Toulouse, France, since 1967.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
Literature
For a similar figure in 'Anatolian' pose from the 'Simiriyan' Group, cf. Negbi, O., Canaanite Gods in Metal, Tel Aviv. 1976, pp.10-13, fig.15/55; for figures of similar type, cf. Aruz, J. (ed.), Beyond Babylon. Art, Trade and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C., Exhibition Catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2008, pp.23-24.
Footnotes
These representations in the style of figurines presumably represented household deities who were guardians of the home. In some cases figurines of this type were produced in groups of two or four.
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