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LOT 0185
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.
ProvenanceAcquired before 1988.
Ex family collection, by descent, Geneva.
Possibly a votive figure.
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