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LOT 1283
Chalcolithic Terracotta Fertility Idol
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 5/8 in. (169 grams, 92 mm high).
Modelled as a highly stylised seated female figure with stub legs and outstretched stub arms, triangular head with simple facial features, conical breasts, buttocks and spine delineated with simple lines to rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a deceased London gentleman, 1979-1999; thence by descent.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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.
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