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LOT 0252
Canaanite Bronze Warrior God Pair
EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (41.3 grams, 78 mm).
Formed as two standing nude females with arms spread, one gripping the waist of the other, on a lentoid base.
ProvenanceAcquired in Paris and London, 1970s.
From a collection of Canaanite gods in bronze, from the collection of a London, UK, gentleman.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
For similar examples from the "Syrian" group of flat-cast warrior gods, see no.23 and 27 in Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal.
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