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LOT 0185

Sold for (Inc. bp): £878

CANAANITE MALE STATUETTE
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 in. (62 grams, 76 mm high).

A copper-alloy statuette modelled in the round as a nude male figure standing facing on a rectangular base, portrayed with stylised facial features, a full beard, both arms and hands outstretched before his chest, holding a staff in his proper left hand and wearing a helmet or other headpiece.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired before 1988.
Ex family collection, by descent, Geneva.

FOOTNOTES:
Possibly a votive figure.

CONDITION
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