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LOT 0186

Early Bronze Age Silver Idol

CIRCA 2800-2100 B.C.

2 1/2 in. (6.87 grams, 63 mm).

With round female body and short neck, depicted armless, perforated with two parallel holes at the top for suspension; the edges and the centre embossed with dots.

Provenance

From a private family collection formed since the early 19th century, thence by descent.
Property of a New Zealand legal professional.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12319-223722.
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.

Literature

Cf. for similar idols in marble, Bilgi, Ö., Anthropomorphic Representations in Anatolia before the Classical Age, Istanbul, 2014, figs.736-737; for metallic idols of very similar (although not completely identical) shape see idem, fig.653, p.241; see also Hoddinott, R.,F., The Thracians, London, 1981, pp.20-21, fig.8, especially nos.10, 23, 31; Zimmermann, B., ‘Anatolia and the Balkans, once again - Ring-shaped idols from Western Asia and a critical reassessment of some 'early bronze age' items from İki̇ztepe, Turkey’ in Oxford Journal of Archaeology 26 (1), pp.25-33, fig.2 no.9, for similar.

Footnotes

These idols have a broad chronological and spatial range, with late variants known from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age burial contexts in central Europe and Western Asia. Some of these idols have round bodies, and heads in the form of tabs. They developed from the earlier stone idols, leading to the representation of the human form becoming even more stylised when crafted in silver or copper.

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LOT 0186

Early Bronze Age Silver Idol

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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