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LOT 1527
Chalcolithic Stone Eye Idol
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
9 7/8 in. (2.27 kg, 25 cm).
Triangular in form and plano-convex in section with scooped upper edge and two drilled eye-holes.
Provenance
Acquired in the 1994.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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